Coal and Cape Breton go together like lobster and butter. The Carboniferous period left tremendous coal deposits on Nova Scotia’s northeastern island resulting in a close, historical bond between the black rock and the people. But coal was not the only treasure left behind hundreds of millions of years ago. Fossils, evidence of the ancient … Read more
On the eastern coast of Cape Breton lies the town of Glace Bay. Rich in coal mining history, Glace Bay was formed in 1901 by the amalgamation of multiple small communities situated around the various mines. At its peak, there were twelve collieries. Today, there are none with the last closing in 2001. The Cape … Read more
Blue Beach Fossil Museum is something all geology fanatics can appreciate, particularly those with a love of palaeontology. A homegrown, grassroots endeavour, this museum is home to an impressive, and growing, fossil collection documenting Lower Carboniferous tetrapods in Romer’s Gap. Romer’s Gap is a 15 million year period at the beginning of the Carboniferous in … Read more
Joggins is a tiny, rural community on the west shore of Chignecto Bay in the Bay of Fundy. This old Nova Scotia mining village would be unremarkable were it not for the cliffs exposed along the bay’s shoreline. These cliffs reveal the most complete geological record of the Carboniferous period, also known as the coal … Read more
Official Club Website Facebook Page The Nova Scotia Mineral and Gem Society is based in Halifax and revels in the rich abundance of geology that this maritime province has to offer. Monthly meetings are conveniently held in the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History. Field trips, theme nights, guest speakers, a club newsletter, and a … Read more
People come to the Bay of Fundy to see the tides, and rightly so. But the Fundy region also boasts a trove of geological treasures many of which are on display at Fundy Geological Museum in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Parrsboro is located on the south shore of the Nova Scotia Peninsula (the triangular bit on … Read more