Davidson Cove, Kings County

DAVIDSON.gpx gps location file

Access via: Bayside Road, 3.8 km south of the intersection at the end of Route 358, or 2.9 km south of the Wharf Road at Scots Bay.

Key coordinates (UTM – NAD 83):
Turnoff Route 358 at: 0390467E 5014625N
Park vehicle on shoulder at: 0390119E 5014707N
Davidson Cove: 0389204E 5013754N

Officially recorded as an archaeological site  July of 1988
“The workshop site extends up the Manse Huntley Brook for at least 25 meters and along the shore face parallel to the Bay for
about 40 meters. It is situated on a ridge about six meters above the basalt shore, and well above the highest high tide level.”
Vignette: Distribution and utilization of Scots Bay chalcedony – Michael Deal

See Fundy Mineral Collecting by Ian Booth pg. 49 for more info

Artifact found by Forrest Rand

Basalt shoreline toward the cove

Amethyst

Amethyst