# East Chop

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{{Short description|Place in Massachusetts, USA}}
{{For|the ferry of this name|MV East Chop}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}}
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'''East Chop''', also known as the Vineyard Highlands, is a residential area located in the town of [Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts](/source/Oak_Bluffs%2C_Massachusetts) on the north end of the island of [Martha's Vineyard](/source/Martha's_Vineyard). It is a peninsula surrounded on the North and East by [Vineyard Sound](/source/Vineyard_Sound) and on the West by Vineyard Haven Harbor, and features the high, prominent bluffs that gave Oak Bluffs its name. A lighthouse, East Chop Light, stands at the north end of the chop on Telegraph Hill.

East Chop has no obvious commercial businesses or stores, although it has a private yacht and beach club, the East Chop Beach Club.

East Chop became a popular summer resort in the late 19th century. A steamship wharf, known as Highland Landing or Highland Wharf, served regular ferry traffic from the mainland during the 1890s, and a horse railroad connected it to the village of Cottage City, later renamed [Oak Bluffs](/source/Oak_Bluffs%2C_Massachusetts). East Chop and the Highlands became a popular camp meeting gathering ground for [Baptists](/source/Baptists), and church members erected a wooden [tabernacle](/source/Tabernacle_(Methodist)) in 1877.<ref>Hough, Henry Beetle. Martha's Vineyard, Summer Resort 1835-1935. (Tuttle Publishing Co., 1936)</ref> The remains can still be seen in Temple Park.

==References==
=== Citations ===
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=== Bibliography ===
* Hough, Henry Beetle. ''Martha's Vineyard, Summer Resort 1835-1935''. (Tuttle Publishing Co., 1936)
==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19991012082821/http://lighthouse.cc/eastchop/index.html East Chop Light]}} 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070628173208/http://www.mvy.com/islandinfo/lighthouses.php Lighthouses of Martha's Vineyard]

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Category:Populated places in Dukes County, Massachusetts
Category:Tourist attractions in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

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