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Cumberland coal camps and Chinatown fringe

Old dump ground Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: opium tins.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Comox valley coal town from 1888 with one of BC's largest Chinatowns and Japanese town; camp dumps lie in the second growth around the townsite.

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