During a major winter storm in 1909, the schooner Ada K. Damon was thrown onto a beach in northeastern Massachusetts, where it became a local cultural-heritage landmark for over 100 years. It was a site for salvage, picnics, photo opportunities, and archaeological field schools, surviving severe weather events of all types, protected in the lee of nearby Plum Island and by sediments that covered it for over a century. In 2020 the site was destroyed by effects from the confluence of climate-change-induced sea-level rise, seasonal king tides, and high seas from a passing hurricane. This loss raises serious questions about the vulnerability of Massachusetts's coastal maritime heritage to sea-level rise and erosion. This article examines Ada K. Damon as part of a local community’s cultural fabric and considers the site as a case study for coastal maritime heritage at risk from climate change.

在 1909 年的一场冬季大风暴中，阿达·K·达蒙 (Ada K. Damon)帆船被抛到马萨诸塞州东北部的海滩上，100 多年来，它成为当地的文化遗产地标。它是一个打捞、野餐、拍照和考古野外学校的场所，能够在各种恶劣的天气事件中幸存下来，受到附近普拉姆岛的背风和一个多世纪以来覆盖它的沉积物的保护。2020 年，由于气候变化引起的海平面上升、季节性大潮和飓风过后的公海的共同影响，该遗址被摧毁。这一损失引发了人们对马萨诸塞州沿海海洋遗产对海平面上升和侵蚀的脆弱性的严重质疑。本文探讨了艾达·K·达蒙 (Ada K. Damon)作为当地社区文化结构的一部分，并将该地点视为面临气候变化风险的沿海海洋遗产的案例研究。