Sanctuary
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Henry
Stellwagen, a Lt. Commander in the Navy on loan to the US Coast
Survey, was charged with mapping positions for possible lighthouse
positions in Massachusetts Bay. In the course of his work he
came upon a continuous bank at the mouth of the Bay. Over the
course of 1854 and 1855 he mapped the entirety of the bank.
He recognized the importance of this feature as an indicator
at night or in bad weather of the approach to Massachusetts
Bay and Boston Harbor. In recognition of his work, the Coast
Survey named this newly mapped feature in Stellwagen's honor.
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