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Swansboro White Oak River port

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: pipe fragments.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Colonial White Oak River port that turned to fishing and small trade in the 1800s; waterfront fill behind Front Street dates to the schooner era.

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