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Ladysmith coal shipping foreshore

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: coal-era tins.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Purpose-built Dunsmuir coal port of 1898-1900; wharf fill and shoreline refuse followed the Extension mines until the 1930s.

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