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Wachapreague seaside fishing resort front

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: hotelware, fishing gear.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

1880s seaside village that ran hotels and fish houses for sportsmen on the barrier lagoons; hotel-era refuse edges the marsh and channel.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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