Located on the North coast of Buzzards Bay, Fairhaven shares the harbor with the major fishing city of New Bedford.  Fairhaven split from New Bedford in 1812. Perhaps half the New Bedford fleet is from Fairhaven as it likely was during the heyday of whaling: in 1857, New Bedford had 329 registered whaling ships. . The harbor is located along Route I-195, between Providence, RI, and Cape Cod.

The harbor was the whaling capital of the world and it is now the largest producer of scallops and a major producer of cod, haddock, flounders, herring, lobsters, mackerel and many other species. The harbor is protected by the New Bedford Hurricane Protection Barrier, built after Hurricane Carol devastated the area.

The area was first settled by the American Indians, then the Pilgrims. The American Revolution brought warfare and the first American naval battle in 1775. The British attacked and torched part of Fairhaven in 1778.  Joshua Slocum rebuilt the sloop SPRAY in Fairhaven and sailed it around the world. Text is compiled by OceansArt.US from personal knowledge and various sources including Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia.  

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	A1_8675FortP&Boat.JPG Fort Phoenix provided the eastern defenses of the harbor from the American Revolution through the Civil War.	A2_8671OuterHarborNB.JPG Looking south from Fort Phoenix to Fort Rodman in New Bedford.
	B8752InnerHarborNBLight.JPG Small fishing vessel entering New Bedford harbor through the hurricane barrier.	b0607kelleyshipyardyacht.jpg Yacht CANIM on the ways at D. N. Kelley Shipyard in Fairhaven.
	C060719Ferry.JPG Old ferry at the Steamship Authority pier in Fairhaven.	IMG_8652InnerHarbor.JPG New Bedford inner harbor looking south from the US Route 6 bridge.
	IMG_8653InnerHarbor.JPG New Bedford inner harbor looking southeast from the US Route 6 bridge.	IMG_8654InnerHarbor.JPG Purse seiners tied up at the Maritime Terminal in New Bedford
	IMG_8657BridgeTr6NB.JPG Looking East towards Cape Cod along the US Route 6 bridge, opened for ship traffic.	IMG_8670InnerHarbor.JPG Looking Northeast from Fort Phoenix to the Fairhaven side of the inner harbor
	L0023NBedfordHarbor.JPG Looking south from the Whaling Museum towards the hurricane barrier gate	M0606230902Scalloper.JPG Scallop vessel SUSZIE Q transiting New Bedford harbor.
	N0606230901ScallopDredges.JPG Having coffee aboard scalloper showing scallop dredges	N0606230904TugBAage.JPG Looking North in the inner harbor showing a tug and barge with the Route 6 bridge open to ship traffic.
	P060623PalmersLighthouse.JPG Palmers Island Light, built of stone in 1849, stands in the inner harbor where it is automated and powered by solar cells.	Q060623NewBedfordLightship.JPG The "New Bedford" lightship - formerly the "Pollock Rip" lightship tied up to the power plant pier.
	r060623fishingvessels.jpg Groundfishing and scallop vessels tied up in New Bedford.	r060623fishingboats.jpg Groundfishing and scallop vessels tied up in New Bedford.
	S0001NBedfordHarbor.JPG Groundfishing and scallop vessels tied up in New Bedford across from the US Coast Guard Cutter at the State Pier.	T060623HarborGate.JPG Approaching the hurricane dike from the South aboard the Cuttyhunk Ferry. The harbor is protected by the New Bedford Hurricane Protection Barrier, built after Hurricane Carol devastated the area
	WhalingMuseumSouth.JPG Looking south from the Whaling Museum towards the hurricane barrier gate. The harbor is protected by the New Bedford Hurricane Protection Barrier, built after Hurricane Carol devastated the area	X8759ButlersFlatLight.JPG The Butlers Flat LightHouse was built in 1898 of brick, concrete and cast iron and is now operated by the City of New Bedford.
	Y06062316FastFerry.JPG The Fast Ferry, connecting New Bedford to the Islands	y0606lobsterboatdirection.jpg The lobster boat DIRECTION made famous in a tele-documentary leaving New Bedford Harbor
	y0606tugbargebuzzardsbay.jpg An ocean-going tug pulling a large through Buzzards bay after transiting the Cape Cod Canal.	Y0606231650RedBuoyGull.JPG A sea gull riding a red navigation buoy on the approach to New Bedford Harbor.