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North Dakota, Manitoba

Pembina (Red River at the Pembina River confluence)

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: medicines, trade goods, and stoneware; privies and dumps behind the small 1880s townsite blocks shown on the Sanborn..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Red River of the North

One of the oldest settlements in North Dakota (fur post, mission, and Fort Pembina) at the Red and Pembina river junction just below the Canadian line.

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