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Kewaunee pier harbor town

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

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

Why this spot

1905 historic-map era

Lake Michigan pier town that boomed on an 1836 false gold rush and settled into lumber piers, shingle mills and a car-ferry harbor; harbor fill and mill ground carry the sequence.

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