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Placentia Bay resettled outports

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Outport household glass spanning two centuries of the cod fishery..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1662-1900

Resettlement (1950s-60s) emptied hundreds of communities; their shorelines are known to hold household refuse. Digs not documented.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Boat access
swell

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