bottle digging
British Columbia
49 researched sites1 legal to collect
Atlin 1898 gold rush lakefrontLake shore · Permission required
›Boundary mining campTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Burrard Inlet / GastownTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Cariboo gold districtLake shore · Restricted
›Chemainus sawmill bay on Vancouver IslandTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Coal harbour, Vancouver IslandTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Columbia / Kicking HorseRiverbank · Permission required
›Columbia River / CPRRiverbank · Permission required
›Cumberland coal camps and Chinatown fringeOld dump ground · Gray area
›Enderby river landing and flour mill townRiverbank · Gray area
›Fernie coal city rebuilt after the firesOld dump ground · Permission required
›Fraser / Quesnel forksRiverbank · Permission required
›Fraser Canyon head of navigationRiverbank · Restricted
›Fraser RiverRiverbank · Restricted
›Fraser River HBC fortRiverbank · Prohibited, look only
›Fraser River bars, New Westminster BCRiverbank · Gray area
›Fraser River bendRiverbank · Restricted
›Fraser River, Mile 0 Cariboo RoadRiverbank · Restricted
›Hedley Nickel Plate camp dumpsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Inner Harbour / Fort VictoriaTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Kettle RiverRiverbank · Permission required
›Kimberley Sullivan mine hillside townOld dump ground · Permission required
›Kootenay LakeLake shore · Permission required
›Kootenay Lake / West ArmLake shore · Permission required
›Kootenay RiverRiverbank · Prohibited, look only
›Ladysmith coal shipping foreshoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Merritt Nicola Valley coal townRiverbank · Permission required
›Nakusp Arrow Lakes sternwheeler portLake shore · Gray area
›Okanagan LakeLake shore · Permission required
›Okanagan Lake headLake shore · Permission required
›Port Alberni mill town harbourTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Port Essington Skeena cannery ghost townTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Prince Rupert Grand Trunk terminus waterfrontTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Quesnel / Cariboo river forksRiverbank · Prohibited, look only
›Richmond, Canada: Fraser south-arm dyke, mid-century dump beachesRiverbank · Legal to collect
›Salmon Arm Shuswap bay rail townLake shore · Gray area
›Sicamous junction and lake steamer stopLake shore · Gray area
›Slocan silver campTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Sointula Finnish colony fishing shoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Squamish steamer landing and railhead deltaTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Steveston cannery row foreshoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Summerland orchard wharf on Okanagan LakeLake shore · Gray area
›Thompson / Fraser confluenceRiverbank · Restricted
›Thompson RiverRiverbank · Permission required
›Thompson River confluenceRiverbank · Permission required
›Trail Creek gold campTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Union Bay coal wharves and coke ovensTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Williams Creek gold townTidal foreshore · Prohibited, look only
›Yale: Fraser Canyon gold portRiverbank · Gray area
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