Tumbler Ridge Museum

British Columbia isn’t the first province that comes to mind when talking dinosaurs in Canada, but Alberta’s western neighbour is not void of the “monstrous lizards.” Evidence of their presence in BC is on display at the Tumbler Ridge Museum.

Tumbler Ridge is a modest town in the Rocky Mountain foothills. It’s a bit isolated being a 4 hour drive northeast of Prince George and an hour and a quarter drive southwest of Dawson Creek. In BC’s northeast, the mountains give way to prairie with the Peace River more akin to Alberta.

The Tumbler Ridge Museum is small in comparison to, say, Royal Tyrrell Museum, but this makes it no less legitimate. The collections housed there are under the care of respected palaeontologists and available for research purposes. This is in addition to the displays open to the public along with camps, tours, and educational programs.

For those living outside the Peace River Region of BC, getting to the Tumbler Ridge Museum is perhaps a bit of a trek. Including this museum on a greater dinosaur adventure that includes the Philip J. Currie Museum in Wembley, Alberta makes sense as the two museums are roughly two hours apart by car.