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Red Deer trail crossing on the river flats

Riverbank Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: crocks.

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

Why this spot

1911 historic-map era

Calgary-Edmonton trail crossing with an 1885 militia fort upstream, moved to the railway in 1891; crossing-era and early-town refuse on the flats.

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