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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 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
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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