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Old ore-port lakeshore

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1900 historic-map era

Lake Superior iron-ore port with rugged glass beaches.

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