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Port Alberni mill town harbour

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Sawmill settlement from the 1860s at the head of Alberni Inlet, later a pulp and fishing port; waterfront fill dates from the 1900s-1930s.

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