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Chequamegon Bay ore docks and lakefront

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Stoneware ginger beersStoneware ginger beers

Also reported: and ore-dock and shoreline refuse..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Lake Superior on Chequamegon Bay

Chequamegon Bay lumber and ore port; earliest LOC Sanborn edition read is 1884.

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