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==Definition==
The North Shore has no fixed definition as a region. It may include only those communities between Boston and [[Cape Ann]], as defined by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (whose purview does not go beyond [[Greater Boston]]);<ref>{{cite web|author=Metropolitan Area Planning Council|url=http://www.mapc.org/subregions/nstf|title=North Shore Task force|accessdateaccess-date=2011-03-09|publisher=MAPC.org}}</ref> or the larger part of [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex County]], including parts of the [[Merrimack Valley]], as defined by the North Shore Chamber of Commerce.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northshorechamber.org/member-benefits/community-profiles.html|title=Community Profiles|accessdateaccess-date=2019-05-09|website=North Shore Chamber of Commerce}}</ref> The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, which defines regions in terms of [[Drainage basin|watershed]], refers to the North Shore as the coastal region of Massachusetts north of Boston stretching from [[Salisbury, Massachusetts|Salisbury]] to [[Revere, Massachusetts|Revere]], including the inland city of [[Amesbury, Massachusetts|Amesbury]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management|url=http://www.mass.gov/czm/ns.htm|title=CZM's North Shore Region|accessdateaccess-date=2011-03-09|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts}}</ref>
 
===Coastal===
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===Cultural===
The North Shore has historically been viewed as a wealthy, exclusive collection of towns and fishing villages,<ref>{{cite news|author=Simon, Stephanie|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703584804576143792676029586|title=Massachusetts's North Shore|accessdateaccess-date=2011-03-10|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|date=2011-02-18}}</ref> but also contains some working-class cities and suburbs of Boston.<ref>{{cite news|author=Baker, Jeff|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2011/03/townie_review_pieces_of_a_shat.html|title='Townie' review: Pieces of a shattered childhood by Andre Dubus III|accessdateaccess-date=2011-03-10|publisher=The Oregonian|date=2011-03-05}}</ref> In 1893, the ''New York Times'' described the region as a notable summer destination for the socialites, politicians, and businessmen of New York and New England, dotted with hotels, cottages, and burgeoning gentlemen's clubs.<ref>{{cite news|author=The New York Times|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/09/03/109705908.pdf|title=On the Famous North Shore|accessdateaccess-date=2011-03-09|work=New York Times|date=1893-09-03}}</ref> Salem, known worldwide as the location of the [[Salem Witch Trials]]; the working-class<ref>{{cite news|author=Simon, Stephanie|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703584804576143792676029586|title=Massachusetts's North Shore|accessdateaccess-date=2011-03-10|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|date=2011-02-18}}</ref> fishing city of Gloucester; and the region's many beaches make it a popular tourist destination.<ref>{{cite web|author=Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism|url=http://www.massvacation.com/rtc/north-of-boston.php|title=North of Boston at a glance|accessdateaccess-date=2011-03-09|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts}}</ref>
 
==History==