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Union Bay coal wharves and coke ovens
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: crockery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Shipping point from 1889 for Comox valley coal, with a long wharf, washers and coke ovens; industrial refuse and clinker along the beach.
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