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had seen this location on some older maps , a dump near a lake and some older resorts and cottages . when checking out the site it appears the actual "dump" has long since been closed and " sealed " with fill and such . but when walking around the property I discovered a large amount of glass and older trash near the road in some trees , it appears to be the " close enough " dumping area or dumping when dump was closed for the day . but still a lot of stuff there mostly from 50's-60's era

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some of the stuff I put in bag a lot of junk there , some older broken milk jugs , a lot of liquor bottles and broken older jars . lots of household items like ketchup , javex bottles .

not a lot of pop bottles , did find a few broken shards , a broken sun crest bottle , and a muskoka dry ginger ale bottle and a stubby pop bottle

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found an older American beer can , really rusty , appears to be from Pittsburg , PA - Duquesne brewing co " the finest beer in town " , I'm assuming an American tourist brought it up here

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one of the more intriguing items was a peanut butter jar " York Peanut Butter " Canada packers limited , 16 oz , peanut design embossed on one side

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a couple of pop bottles a green 7 oz muskoka dry ginger ale bottle , and a clear " stubby " pop bottle , mostly faded acl

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That Dukane beer can a good interesting can. With it's light rust it would clean up good & easily with a acid bath. Not rare & common but a decent can from the early to mid 1950's I'm guessing. You should look for more beer cans. I'd be Interested in them & pay good money for rare ones. LEON.
 

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That Dukane beer can a good interesting can. With it's light rust it would clean up good & easily with a acid bath. Not rare & common but a decent can from the early to mid 1950's I'm guessing. You should look for more beer cans. I'd be Interested in them & pay good money for rare ones. LEON.

plan to go back in the next week or so and see what else is there , that is in pretty bad shape , other side almost all rust . I'm not really sure what else is there , a lot of junk on the surface and not sure how deep it actual goes or if there is older bottles further down
 

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Might be bad shape but I'd pay $100 or more for a can in that shape if a rare one. LEON.
 

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Might be bad shape but I'd pay $100 or more for a can in that shape if a rare one. LEON.

plan to go back in next couple of days , will post some pics if I find anything interesting , you never really know what might be in that sort of dump , an odd mix of locals , cottagers and tourists may have used it back then , I wouldn't be surprised to find more American items based on location
 

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On a lake here in Michigan I found a Ravine dump. Some old Canadian flat top beer cans were found in the dump & I assumed must of been from some Canadian tourist or visitor's. LEON.
 

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