MacMillan Pier (or Wharf)
[2009, Dunlap]
[2010, Dunlap]
Plaque by William Boogar. [2024, Dunlap]
Rear Adm. Donald Baxter MacMillan and his wife, Miriam, at the 1957 ribbon-cutting for MacMillan Wharf. [MacMillan Collection / Provincetown History Preservation Project Page 1089]
[Town of Provincetown Harbor Regulations] Rendered as a blueprint by A.I.
The Sea Food Packers building in the 1970s. [Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell 5:11 / Dowd Collection / Provincetown History Preservation Project Page 699]
Undated photo from the collection of Anthony L. “Tony” Thomas.
F/V Patience Too in the foreground. [2010, Dunlap]
[2011, Dunlap]
[2022, Dunlap]
Pilings wrapped in protective sleeves. [2010, Dunlap]
Barnacles on the piling sleeve. [2010, Dunlap]
[2016, Dunlap]
F/V Blue Skies with a load of whiting. [2011, Dunlap]
Unloading F/V Glutton. [2022, Dunlap]
Unloading F/V Glutton at Jib Crane No. 2. [2022, Dunlap]
Unloading F/V Donna Marie. [2010, Dunlap]
Inside a lobster pot. [2024, Dunlap]
[2008, Dunlap]
[2013, Dunlap]
Bishop George W. Coleman of Fall River blessing F/V Glutton. [2011, Dunlap]
Dancers in front of Provincetown II during the 2011 Blessing of the Fleet. Bishop Coleman blessed the fishing vessels from the deck. [Dunlap]
A few faces of MacMillan Wharf
Capt. Peter Cabral of F/V Terra Nova and John DeMatteis of the harbormaster’s office. [2011 and 2014, Dunlap]
Capt. Manuel Diaz of F/V Antonio Jorge. [2010, Dunlap]
Capt. David Dutra and his wife, Judith, the author of Nautical Twilight, aboard F/V Richard & Arnold.[2012, Dunlap]
Capt. Beau Gribbin hauling up the scallop rake of F/V Glutton. [2011, Dunlap]
Capt. Chris King and his son Jared aboard F/V Donna Marie. [2011, Dunlap]
Wayne Martin of F/V Blue Skies and Harbormaster Rex McKinsey. [2011 and 2010, Dunlap]
Chris Milewski aboard F/V Glutton and Capt. Luis Ribas of F/V Blue Skies, the senior assistant harbormaster. [2011, Dunlap]
Capt. Jeffrey Richardson of F/V Sentinel and Capt. Scott Rorro aboard F/V Sea Hunter. [2011 and 2010, Dunlap]
Thomas L. “Tommy” Thomas of F/V Joan & Tom and Anthony L. “Tony” Thomas III of F/V Blue Ocean. [2011 and 2010, Dunlap]
Capt. Tobin “Toby” Storer of F/V Probable Cause and Capt. John Vasques of the Dolphin Fleet. [2011 and 2024, Dunlap]
Kit “The Pirate” Vallee and Capt. Ralph Wilkins. [2011, Dunlap]
Kalmar Nyckel is a 1997 replica of a Dutch pinnance built in 1627 that later served the New Sweden Company in America. [2008, Dunlap]
Provincia, a short-lived floating restaurant. [2008, Dunlap]
An American Cruise Line ship at MacMillan. [2019, Dunlap]
Salacia, a fast ferry run by Boston Harbor Citycruises. [2012, Dunlap]
The Boston terminal for the Bay State Cruise Company’s Provincetown boats is on Commonwealth Pier. [2025, Dunlap]
Provincetown IV arriving at MacMillan. [2019, Dunlap]
Gazebo, at center. [2010, Dunlap]
Inside the gazebo. [2009, Dunlap]
Sea Food Packers Building at the end of MacMillan prior to its demolition in 1987. [J.L. Marshall & Sons / Municipal Collection / Provincetown History Preservation Project Page 5278]
Harbormaster’s Office. [2009, Dunlap]
View from the cupola in the Harbormaster’s Office. [2010, Dunlap]
Terminus for the Mayflower Trolley sightseeing bus. [2016 and 2024, Dunlap]
Kiosks. [2011, Dunlap]
Real Mermaids Don’t Wear Toe Rings shop in Trap Shed 4. [2014, Dunlap]
Trap Shed 6. [2024, Dunlap]
Plasma-cut steel at Nauset Cut Metal Art in Trap Shed 6. [2024, Dunlap]
[2025, Dunlap]
Inside Kiosk No. 1. [2024, Dunlap]
Extreme High Tides of the Gulf of Maine, by Mark Adams, on Trap Shed 1, a project sponsored by the Provincetown Public Art Foundation. [2024, Dunlap]
The pirate advertised Pirate Adventures — naturally. [2024 and 2008, Dunlap]
Bubbles, a concrete whale, salvaged from a Truro yard in 2008 and spruced up by Julian Popko and his daughters. [2014, Dunlap]
Lobster pot buoys as sculpture. [2011, Dunlap]
Celebrating the Portuguese Festival in Provincetown, designed and built by Julian Popko in 2009. [2019, Dunlap]
Julian Popko’s 2016 sculpture of a codfish. [2022, Dunlap]
In 1951, Just Visiting for the Weekend became the first of Jay Critchley’s Sand Car Series in the MacMillan parking lot. [Jay Critchley]
Detail of Richard Pepitone’s Homage to the Fishermen, given to the town in 1989 by Berta Walker. [2024, Dunlap]
Romolo Del Deo began work on a bronze Fishermen’s Memorial in 2011. It was approved in 2013 by the Fishermen’s Memorial Committee, but abandoned in 2024 as too expensive by the successor Fishermen’s Memorial Foundation. [Provincetown Fishermen’s Memorial Committee]
The current proposal for the Fishermen’s Memorial is by Brodin Studios of Kimball, Minn. A dory sits atop a cresting wave, below which are engraved the names of Provincetown and Truro fishermen who have been lost at sea, numbering at least 900. [Fishermen’s Memorial Foundation]
While Provincetown Encyclopedia is under development, please consult this older article from Building Provincetown.