Find the destination using the clues below.

With easy access to the bountiful sea, it's no surprise that this place developed into a leading fishing and whaling port in the 18th century.

Typical of port towns with moving (shifting) sandbanks (or sandbars), it also lays claim to a classic, frequently photographed lighthouse.

Help please, I've searched, but to no avail.

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The last of these questions led to Frankfort. Is this likely to be close by? There are quite a few lighthouses?
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Is it possibly this one?

http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/mass/RacePoint.html
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