In February 2018, the Provincial Archaeology Office (PAO) of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation (DTCII) requested proposals from qualified consultants to undertake a Desktop Assessment to identify and evaluate known and potential historic resources (including archaeological and ethnographic sites) situated within a defined Study Area centered around Champney’s West in the Trinity Bight region within Newfoundland’s Bonavista Peninsula. As outlined in the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the study, the Desktop Assessment was to involve a review of available background information and documentary and archival sources related to five registered archaeological sites located within the Study Area, with an emphasis on the site at Fox Head referred to in historic documents and locally as Fox Island.

Click here to download and read the final report, published in May 2018.

These photos below show some of the artifacts found to date on Fox Island.