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Chapleau CPR divisional town dumps

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: tins.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

CPR divisional point on the 1885 transcontinental line, isolated and rail-dependent; period refuse in bush dumps around the townsite.

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