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Prince Edward Island

Alberton western port and fox boom town

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also 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

Port for western PEI shipbuilding at Northport and the birthplace of the silver fox ranching boom around 1900; wharf and town refuse on the harbour.

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