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Rockhounding in Canada
78 researched sites, each with an access tier, evidence tier and site history.
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- Amethyst Mine Panorama, Ontario · gem · Open / legal
- Avonlea Badlands, Saskatchewan · gem · Permission required
- Bancroft ON: mineral capital · mineral · Permission required
- Bay of Fundy, NS: agate & amethyst · agate · Open / legal
- Bear Lake Diggings, Ontario · mineral · Permission required
- Blue Points Amethyst Mine, Ontario · gem · Open / legal
- Cape Blomidon, Nova Scotia · gem · Gray area
- Cape Enrage, New Brunswick · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Cape George, Nova Scotia · gem · Gray area
- Cape d'Or, Nova Scotia · gem · Gray area
- Cardiff Township, Ontario · mineral · Permission required
- Cheticamp Area, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia · gem · Gray area
- Cobalt Silver District, Ontario · mineral · Gray area
- Conche Peninsula, Newfoundland · fossil · Gray area
- Craigmont Corundum Mine, Ontario · mineral · Permission required
- Crowsnest Pass, Alberta · mineral · Gray area
- Dark Harbour, Grand Manan, New Brunswick · gem · Gray area
- Dawson City YT: Free Claim No. 6, Bonanza Creek · gold · Open / legal
- Desmont Mine, Ontario · mineral · Permission required
- Diamond Willow Amethyst Mine, Ontario · gem · Open / legal
- Eastend / Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan · gem · Gray area
- Five Islands, Nova Scotia · gem · Gray area
- Flin Flon Area, Manitoba · mineral · Gray area
- Flower's Cove, Newfoundland · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Fort Steele BC: Wild Horse River panning reserve · gold · Open / legal
- Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- French River Area, Ontario · mineral · Gray area
- Frenchman River Valley, Saskatchewan · fossil · Gray area
- Gaspe Peninsula Coast, Quebec · gem · Gray area
- Gaspesie QC: Mont Lyall agate mine fee dig · agate · Licensed / permit
- Gowganda, Ontario · mineral · Gray area
- Grand Forks BC: Rock Candy fluorite mine fee dig · mineral · Licensed / permit
- Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick · gem · Gray area
- Grand Manan NB: Whale Cove and Seven Days Work basalt shore · mineral · Clean
- Hedley Area, British Columbia · mineral · Gray area
- Hope BC: Fraser River recreational panning reserve · gold · Open / legal
- Hopewell Rocks Area, New Brunswick · fossil · Gray area
- Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Quebec · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs, NS - AVOID digging · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Keno Hill, Yukon · mineral · Gray area
- Kimmirut (Beluga) Sapphire, Nunavut · gem · Permission required
- Korite Ammolite Mine, Alberta · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Lake Winnipeg East Shore, Manitoba · gem · Gray area
- Lethbridge AB: ammolite · fossil · Restricted
- MacDonald Mine, Ontario · mineral · Permission required
- Madoc Area, Ontario · mineral · Permission required
- Manitoulin Island, Ontario · fossil · Gray area
- Marathon ON: Pebble Beach, Lake Superior · agate · Clean
- Marmora Mine, Ontario · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- McAdam Area, New Brunswick · mineral · Gray area
- Miguasha, Quebec · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Mont Saint-Hilaire, QC: rare minerals · mineral · Restricted
- Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Monte Lake, British Columbia · gem · Gray area
- Ogden Mountain, British Columbia · gem · Gray area
- Oka Complex, Quebec · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Pine Point District, Northwest Territories · mineral · Gray area
- Princess Sodalite Mine, Ontario · mineral · Open / legal
- Princeton Agate Beds, British Columbia · gem · Gray area
- Princeton BC: agate & petrified wood · agate · Open / legal
- Quadeville ON: Beryl Pit and Rose Quartz Quarry · gem · Licensed / permit
- Rankin Inlet Area, Nunavut · mineral · Permission required
- Red Deer River Badlands, Alberta · fossil · Gray area
- Rock Candy Mine, British Columbia · mineral · Permission required
- Scots Bay, Nova Scotia · gem · Open / legal
- Silver Crater Mine, Ontario · mineral · Permission required
- Souris MB: agate pits via The Rock Shop · agate · Licensed / permit
- St. Martins, New Brunswick · gem · Gray area
- St. Mary River, Alberta · gem · Gray area
- Sudbury Basin, Ontario · mineral · Gray area
- Tabor Island, Labrador · gem · Permission required
- Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Thetford Mines, Quebec · mineral · Permission required
- Thunder Bay ON: amethyst · crystal · Permission required
- Tory Hill, Ontario · mineral · Permission required
- Vernon / Kalamalka Area, British Columbia · gem · Gray area
- Vernon BC: Klinker opal fee dig (Okanagan Opal) · opal · Licensed / permit
- Wilberforce, Ontario · mineral · Permission required