Category: Geoheritage
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Glooscap’s Gate
The image in the archived newspaper page was hard to make out. A single photograph on the Cumberland and Colchester page of a special tourist edition of the Halifax Herald and The Evening Mail, on April 30, 1930. However, I could see Cape Split and Cape Sharp so knew exactly where the photographer was located…
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Geodiversity Day 2025
Monday October 6, 2025. Celebrating Geodiversity Day in the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark A Drawing in Geoparks special celebration of International Geodiversity Day will start at Spencers Island as the sun rises over Cape Split. After spending the morning looking for ancient footprints among the Carboniferous rocks along the shore, we will chase…
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Geodiversity of a River
I have been doing field work at the estuary where the Folly and Debert Rivers meet and join the Minas Basin. My field work has focused on locating a historic limestone where Charles Lyell found marine fossils in August of 1842. This is a beautiful area of the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark. Here,…
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Plein Air in Geoparks
Global Geoparks are places of geological and cultural significance, places where plein air artists and visitors can experience and find inspiration in Earth’s history. The Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark on the northern shore of the Minas Basin of Nova Scotia, is featured in the June/July issue of Plein Air Magazine. Plein Air Festival…
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Talking About Geoheritage
What is geoheritage and why does it matter? Geoheritage (geological heritage) recognizes that geological knowledge is collaborative, inter-generational, and impacts all aspects of human health and well being. Local geology impacts all public infrastructure and resources. Geological knowledge has relevance and ethical dimensions impacting citizens, museums, industries, transportation, global relations and the global environment. Geoheritage…
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Drawing in Geoparks
At the conclusion of an inspiring 2024 European Global Geoparks Conference in Keflavik, I participated in a one day Education Geotourism field trip through the Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark. The large coach bus had geologists from across Europe, and the tour was hosted by Ólafur Jón Arnbjornsson from GeoCamp Iceland. Ólafur Jón did a wonderful…