Oregon
Astoria OR
Cannery piling fields
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Codd and soda bottlesAlso reported: Cannery-era beers, Chinese cannery-worker material (opium tins, celadon)..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Columbia salmon-cannery waterfront; canneries burned/collapsed onto the flats
Local mudlarking scene documented (Discover Our Coast; Maritime Archaeological Society involved): glass, coins, even a cannonball.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Rotten pilings overhead.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.