Vermont
Burlington
Lake shore Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Codd and soda bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: Lake Champlain's busiest 1800s steamboat and lumber port. Probe the old waterfront fill, wharf lines and railyard edges below Battery Street for pontils.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Lake Champlain (waterfront and Winooski River mouth just north)
Prime hotspot: a large built-out port with a very early Sanborn run. Focus on above-water private ground with permission rather than the protected lakebed.
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