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Midwest, Michigan

Marquette MI

Lake Superior iron port

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: lumber and mining-era glass..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

the Upper Peninsula iron ore port on Lake Superior

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Cold waterBreak-walls, industrial ground
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