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Nova Scotia
Canning Habitant River shipping village
Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottlesAlso reported: burned-layer glass, crockery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Shipbuilding and potato-shipping village on the tidal Habitant, twice burned in the 1860s; rebuilt streetscape sits on fire fill near the old wharves.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.