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British Columbia

Kootenay Lake / West Arm

Lake shore Source-confirmed findsPermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: whiskey and pharmacy bottles.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1895 historic-map era

West-Kootenay silver-boom lake city.

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