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Alberta, British Columbia

Coleman Crowsnest coal town dumps

Old dump ground Documented siteGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: miners' gear, crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Crowsnest Pass coal town from 1903 with collieries, coke ovens and miners' cottages; household dumps spread into the brush below the tipples.

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