############################################# Orleans, Brewster, and Chatham [Illustration: _Chatham fishing wharf_ _Brewster house_ _Jonathan Young Windmill_] =On the Outer Cape in the summer, the towns of Orleans, Brewster, and Chatham provide a full range of food, lodging, and other services and facilities for vacationers. Some facilities remain open year round.= =The National Seashore’s authorized boundaries encompass parts of Orleans and Chatham, primarily on the relatively remote Nauset Beach sandspit.= Orleans The town is named for Louis-Philippe de Bourbon, Duke of Orleans, who later was the King of France; he supposedly visited this area while exiled during the French Revolution. In the War of 1812 residents claimed to have driven off attacking British ships. Major industries in the late 1800s were commercial fishing, shipbuilding, and saltmaking. Today, Orleans offers a variety of restaurants, lodging facilities, shops, and travel-related services with ready access to the National Seashore. The =Nauset (Orleans) Beach= is within the National Seashore but is town-owned and operated; fees are charged in spring and summer. A surfing area is provided. =Boating opportunities= abound with 20 town landings providing access to Cape Cod Bay and to Pleasant Bay, which in turn leads to the Atlantic and Nantucket Sound. Several boatyards offer boat and equipment rentals. =Other places of interest=: Orleans Historical Society, French Cable Station Museum, Jonathan Young Windmill. Brewster The town of Brewster is on the sheltered Cape Cod Bay side of the upper arm where the trees grow taller and the grass thicker than they do between Eastham and Provincetown. Old ship captains’ houses and giant elms line Mass. 6A, which meanders through town. Numerous antiques shops, restaurants, and other travel facilities also line the highway. The =Cape Cod Museum of Natural History=, a nonprofit organization on Mass. 6A, preserves in conjunction with a town-owned reserve an ancient herring run between Cape Cod Bay and freshwater ponds. The museum, open year round, offers ecology exhibits, nature trails, films, lectures, and, in the spring, opportunities to watch alewives run on Stony Brook. For further information, write: P.O. Box 1710, Brewster, MA 02631-0016; telephone 508-896-3867. At =Stony Brook Mill=, on Stony Brook Road off Mass. 6A, you can see corn ground at a water-powered gristmill and tour a miller’s museum. The =Brewster Historical Society Museum=, on Mass. 6A in East Brewster, exhibits local history.