Gold Map
Instructions: Click a circle to learn the name of the gold district at this location. Click a square for cool facts and images about the gold district.
Gold districts in Nova Scotia
1. Goldenville Gold District
Discovery: August 23,1861 by Nelson Nickerson
Years of Production: 1862-1941
Total Gold Production (troy oz.): 209,383
2. Goldboro Gold District
Discovery: September 14, 1861 by Joseph Hynes
Years of Production: 1862-1958
Total Gold Production (troy oz.): 131,728
3. Caribou Gold District
Discovery: 1864, discovery attributed to Josiah Jennings
Years of Production: 1869-1968
Total Gold Production (troy oz.): 91,336
4. Oldham Gold District
Discovery: Spring of 1861 by Edward Horne and Samuel Isner
Years of Production: 1862-1946
Total Gold Production (troy oz.): 85,178
5. Waverley Gold District
Discovery: August 1861 by Alexander Taylor on the farm of Charles P. Allen
Years of Production: 1862-1940
Total Gold Production (troy oz.): 72,567
6. Montague Gold District
Discovery: Early 1860’s by A. McQuarrie, A. Robinson, J. O’Connor and B. Clarke
Years of Production: 1863-1940
Total Gold Production (troy oz.): 65,197
7. Salmon River Gold District
Discovery: 1867 or 1868, discoverer unknown
Years of Production: 1881-1939, 1999 and 2003
Total Gold Production (troy oz.): 52,404
9. Brookfield Gold District
Discovery: 1885, discoverer unknown
Years of Production: 1887-1936
Total Gold Production (troy oz.): 43,148
10. Wine Harbour Gold District
Discovery: Late July 1860 by Joseph Smith
Years of Production: 1862-1939
Total Gold Production (troy oz.): 42,347
11. Molega Gold District
Discovery: June 1886, discoverer unknown
Years of Production: 1888-1950
Total Gold Production (troy oz.): 33,460
13. Tangier Gold District
Discovery: October 1860 by Peter Mason
Years of Production: 1862-1919, 1986-1989, 1996-1997
Total Gold Production (troy oz.): 26,286 (historical), 1,658 (recent), 27,944 total
14. Moose River Gold District
Discovery: 1866 by John Pulsifer and Mr. Taylor
Years of Production: 1888-1939
Total Gold Production (troy oz.): 25,917
15. Mooseland Gold District
Discovery: May 1860 by John Gerrish Pulsifer, with Mi’kmaq guides Joe Paul, James Paul, and Francis Paul
Years of Production: 1863-1934
Total Gold Production (troy oz.): 3,865