[10] It was occupied by Amerindians sometime between 400 A.D. and 800 A.D.[11] Archeological surveys uncovered pre-columbian ceramics and conch shell adzes.

[11][12] According to archeological surveys, the plantation had at least one indigo boiling house, two wells, and two domestic structures for enslaved Africans.

[11][13]Before docking facilities were built on Saba, imported lumber intended for Hell's Gate was thrown overboard near Fort Bay, rowed around the island to Cove Bay, and then brought up to Hell's Gate by donkeys or people.

[15] In 1963, Saba's airport officially began service, built on the flat stretch of land just above Cove Bay.

[18] Snorkelers or divers can expect to see red and yellow soft corals (Alcyonacea), Devil's Sea Whips (Ellisella barbadensis), Green Moray Eels (Gymnothorax funebris), Midnight Parrotfish (Scarus coelestinus), and Nurse Sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) in Cove Bay.