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Canso ancient fishing station harbour

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also 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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