Fridays and Saturdays, June, July and August 2008
FGM Geological Interpretive Walks with the Curator

Fee:Friday $10/adult $5/child over the age of 4 ( minimum of 5 people.
Saturday Free there is no charge for Parks for People walks.

Meet at Fundy Geological Museum (unless otherwise stated).
Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult
(Note: participants can meet tour leader at beach access points call for time and location. Your own transportation is required for all beach tours)

This series of interpretive walks will help you discover the area's rich geological past and natural history.  All tours will depart from the Fundy Geological Museum (or you can meet them at the site) and will last between three to six hours, depending on the site visited. Please reregister and be prepared to take own transportation. Wear walking shoes & layered clothing. Bring a hat, sun screen, cool drink and a snack. Don't forget your camera!

There are some of the walks that are slightly more difficult to access, there are potential problems with cliff stability, unstable walking conditions on some foreshores, proximity to cliff face.

The local area has an exceptional number of features related to glaciation, Acadian dykes, wetlands and tidal marshes, uses of stone in local buildings. These series of interpretive  walks will help you discover the area's rich geological past and natural history.  Weather permitting all tours will be conducted.( call to verify at 902-254-3814)
 
 

June 14  Museum Day Weekend       Wasson Bluff Special Place.  Wasson Bluff offers Jurassic-age red beds, basalt lava flows, river channels and wind blown sands. Bones from some of Canada’s oldest dinosaurs have been discovered in the tide washed cliffs. that ruled before the dinosaurs.  The rocks tell a story of ancient seas and coal swamps, collision of continents and formation of Pangea, and the development of a rift valley which contains the foot prints and bones of animals from the Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Meet at Fundy Geological Museum, departure 10:30 am (approximately 15  minute drive to Two Islands beach access).

July 4   (Friday)  Low Tide 8:10 am ADT (Rising tide)  High Tide 14:21 pm ADT  Partridge Island - East Bay #1 The rocks of East Bay-Partridge Island present a cross section through Parrsboro's geologic past.  They tell of the warm tropical seas, shallow lakes and coal swamps that existed during the formation of Pangea, and the desert sands and volcanic flows deposited during the beginning of the age of dinosaurs. Meet at the Fundy Geological Museum at 9:45 am , ( approximately 15 minute drive to Partridge Island Beach access).

July 5    (Saturday)  Low tide 8:59 am ADT (Rising Tide)  High Tide 15:10 pm ADT Clark Head #1 The rocks of Clark Head present a cross section through Parrsboro's geologic past. They tell of the warm tropical seas, shallow lakes and coal swamps that existed during the formation of Pangea, and the desert sands and volcanic flows deposited during the beginning of the age of dinosaurs. Meet at Fundy Geological Museum, departure 9.45 am (approximately 15 minute drive to Glooscap Camp Ground parking lot).

July 11   (Friday)  High tide 7:43 am ADT (falling tide) Low Tide 13:54 ADT Ram's Head- West Bay #1 The rocks of Ram’s Head-West Bay area present a cross section through Parrsboro's geologic past. They tell of the warm tropical coal swamps, rivers and shallow lakes that existed during the formation of Pangea before the beginning of the age of dinosaurs. This area has some of the most spectacular exposures of amphibian track ways to be found in the Parrsboro area. Meet at Fundy Geological Museum, departure 10:00 am, (approximately 30 minute drive to Partridge Island beach access) .

July 12 (Saturday) High Tide 8:39 am ADT (falling tide) Low Tide 14:49 pm ADT (Parks are for People walk) Spicers Cove, Cape Chignecto Provincial Park #1 At Spicers Cove, walk through a Coal Age fossil forest; see volcanic flows, spectacular faults, igneous dykes, raised beaches, sea stacks, seals and sea ducks. Depart FGM at 10:00 am or join us at the Red Rocks entrance to the Park at 11:00 am. (It is an additional 30-minute drive to Spicers Cove from this point).

July 18  (Friday)  Low Tide 7:30 am ADT (rising tide) High Tide 13:38 pm ADT Parrsboro’s Frozen Past #1 The land-forms around the Parrsboro area help to tell a story of the region’s ancient past. Evidence for colliding continents and glaciation can be seen along the roads north of the community.  Meet at Fundy Geological Museum, departure 10:00 am

July 19   (Saturday)   Low Tide 8:09 am ADT (rising tide) Wards Beach-Brookville Rock  View where continents have collided, crushing Coal Age sediments and older rocks during the formation of Pangea.  Depart Fundy Geological Museum at 1:00 pm (approximately 25 minute drive to Port Greville).

July 25  Clark Head The rocks of Clark Head present a cross section through Parrsboro's geologic past. They tell of the warm tropical seas, shallow lakes and coal swamps that existed during the formation of Pangea, and the desert sands and volcanic flows deposited during the beginning of the age of dinosaurs. Meet at Fundy Geological Museum, departure 9.30 am (approximately 15 minute drive to Glooscap Camp Ground parking lot).

July 26    Five Islands Provincial Park  The cliffs at Five Islands Provincial Park tell a story of Triassic sand dunes,  Jurassic lava flows and lake deposits from the age of dinosaurs. Meet at Fundy Geological Museum, departure 10:.00 am (approximately 25 minute drive to Five Islands Provincial Park beach access parking lot), meet at 10.30 at park.

August 1 (Friday) Wards Falls.  On this 6-km walk you will see varied flora and fauna along a hiking trail that leads to Wards Falls and the waters cascading over the Kirk Hill Fault. Time permitting participants are then invited to explore the Carboniferous age section exposed at nearby Fox Point.  Meet at Fundy Geological Museum, departure 9:30 am (approximately 20 minute drive to Wards Falls parking lot).

August 2   Parrsboro’s Frozen Past.  The land-forms around the Parrsboro area help to tell a story of the region’s ancient past. Evidence for colliding continents and glaciation can be seen along the roads north of the community. Meet at Fundy Geological Museum, departure 10:00 am

August 8     Wasson Bluff Special Place.  Wasson Bluff offers Jurassic-age red beds, basalt lava flows, river channels and wind blown sands. Bones from some of Canada’s oldest dinosaurs have been discovered in the tide washed cliffs. that ruled before the dinosaurs.  The rocks tell a story of ancient seas and coal swamps, collision of continents and formation of Pangea, and the development of a rift valley which contains the foot prints and bones of animals from the Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Meet at Fundy Geological Museum, departure 10:30 am (approximately 15  minute drive to Two Islands beach access).

August 9  Spicers Cove, Cape Chignecto Provincial Park.  At Spicers Cove, walk through a Coal Age fossil forest, see volcanic flows, spectacular faults, igneous dykes, raised beaches, sea stacks, seals and sea ducks. Depart Fundy Geological Museum at 9:30 am or join us at the Red Rocks entrance to the Park at 10.30 am. (It is an additional 30 minute drive to Spicers Cove from this point).

August     August 15 - 17 Nova Scotia Mineral and Gem Show Walks  Tour Times and destinations available at Nova Scotia's Gem and Mineral Show held at the Lions Arena.

August 22  Meet at Fundy Geological Museum, departure 9:30 am (approximately 45 minute drive to Joggins).  Joggins Fossil Cliffs.  Walk through Coal Age fossil forests, discover ancient river channels and trace fossils made by metre long insects. The cliffs are home to some of the world's oldest reptile fossils, which were found in the upright trunks exposed by the tides of the Bay of Fundy.

August 23       Ram's Head- West Bay.  The rocks of Ram’s Head-West Bay area present a cross section through Parrsboro's geologic past. They tell of the warm tropical coal swamps, rivers and shallow lakes that existed during the formation of Pangea before the beginning of the age of dinosaurs. This area has some of the most spectacular exposures of amphibian track ways to be found in the Parrsboro area. Meet at Fundy Geological Museum, departure 10:00 am, (approximately 30 minute drive to Diligent River) . Tour begins with a wade through the harbour, bring appropriate foot gear.

August 29  Thomas Cove,  Economy Falls.  The Thomas Cove site offers Triassic-age red beds, river channels and fossils from a time before the age of dinosaurs. The shore along the cove provides  a panoramic view of the Minas Basin, shore birds and varied flora associated with the low, wind blown Triassic head lands. Time permitting participants are invited to view where continents have collided; see waterfalls cascade over faults marking the contacts between Coal Age sediments and older rocks during the formation of Pangea. The varied flora includes rarely seen plants. Meet at Fundy Geological Museum, departure 9:30 am or meet us at the Cobequid Interpretive Centre in Economy at 10:30 am

August 30   Red Rocks-McGahey Brook,  Cape Chignecto Provincial Park.  The Cobeguid-Chedabuctou fault zone which extends across Nova Scotia from Chedabuctou Bay to Advocate Harbour marks the collision of ancient North America with an ancient African continent 400 million years ago.  The spectacular folds and faults exposed along the shore, between Red Rock and McGahey Brook, are mute evidence of the birth of the super continent of Pangea. Depart Fundy Geological Museum at 10:30 am or join us at Park entrance at Red Rocks, West Advocate at 11.30 am.