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Massachusetts
Orleans MA
Nauset Beach, schooner Montclair wreck
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Wreck timber
Sea glass
Sea potteryAlso reported: lobster gear.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain), Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Three-masted schooner Montclair (1918) broke up on the bar in a March 1927 storm; the hull reappears when winter sand moves.
Boston Globe, Dec 2017: more of the Montclair exposed than in decades, 65 ft timbers; federal law bars salvage and rangers monitorView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Heavy surfSeals and white sharks, soft storm-cut scarps
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