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Skagway stampede port town

Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: tins.

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

Klondike stampede port of 1897-98 where thousands outfitted for the passes; the boom town's refuse underlies the grid and tide flats.

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