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Cedar Lake amber shores
Amber shore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
AmberAlso reported: some with insect inclusions, driftwood lignite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Wikited at English Wikipedia (Public domain).
Why this spot
Type area of chemawinite amber, washed from drowned Cretaceous deposits onto Cedar Lake beaches
Canada's most famous amber occurrence, documented since the 1890s.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote water access, weather on the lake
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