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Nova Scotia
Canso ancient fishing station harbour
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: fishery leads.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
One of the oldest fishing stations on the Atlantic coast, worked from the 1600s and busy through the salt-fish and cable era; dense shore refuse along the harbour.
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