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Grand Isle resort and fishing strand

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Wreck timberWreck timber

Also reported: resort-era crockery.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Barrier-island fishing village and 1890s resort repeatedly rebuilt after storms, notably 1893; storm-turned relic glass appears along bayside shores.

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