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Nova Scotia
River John shipbuilding tide reach
Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required
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).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Scottish settlement whose tidal riverbanks launched dozens of barques and brigs in the 1850s-80s; yard slips and village refuse along the reach.
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