Along Gloucester's Harbor Loop Drive is a bronze statue of a seaman dressed in his oil skins. The 80 year old monument is this harbor town's salute to all the sailors that failed to return to port. Gloucester fisherman lost at sea number in the thousands. Estimates of seamen lost range between 5,000 and 10,000 since 1623 when the Massachusetts Bay Colony was established at Cape Ann.
The memorial is located along the loop promenade that looks out over the Gloucester Harbor. Ten Pound Island lies out in the inner harbor and is marked with a small lighthouse. Ten Pound Island Light is said to be America's first lighthouse, built in 1821.