A Couple of Endangered Right Whales Spent the Morning Swimming in #CapeCod Canal. Canal is Shut Down to Maritime Traffic.
The Cape Cod Canal has reopened after a four-hour closure caused by a pair of right whales traveling through the waterway.
Shortly after 9 a.m., the whales were spotted traveling in the canal, said Dennis Arsenault, a marine traffic controller with the Army Corps of Engineers.
The whales were last spotted travelling east from the Sagamore Bridge in a strong current and it's believed they made their way into the Cape Cod Bay, Arsenault said.The sighting spurred the Corps to temporarily close the canal and two government ships were sent out to keep tabs on the animals.
The canal was reopened at 1 p.m.
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