Is it legal to collect at Richmond, Canada: Fraser south-arm dyke, mid-century dump beaches?

Legal to collect. No national law; BC Heritage Conservation Act protects pre-1846 and designated sites only; mid-century dump material on the dyke foreshore is unregulated, City of Richmond owns the dyke

What can you find at Richmond, Canada: Fraser south-arm dyke, mid-century dump beaches?

1940s to 1960s bottles, perfume bottles, toys, ceramics, cannery and sawmill debris

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Richmond, Canada

Fraser south-arm dyke, mid-century dump beaches

Riverbank Documented siteLegal to collect

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottles

Sea pottery

Also reported: toys, cannery and sawmill debris.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

South arm of the Fraser below Vancouver; the dyke foreshore east of Triangle Beach was used as a dump into the mid 20th century and the tidal river keeps turning it out.

Burnaby Now profiles beachcomber Robert LaRocca who works the Richmond spots '8 Ball' and 'the Jungle' east of Triangle Beach between No. 6 and No. 8 Road, a former dump, finding 1960s and older bottles, toys and a Chanel No. 5 bottleView source →