Exploring The Fossils Of Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve Newfoundland And Labrador

Recently, my Dad and I Took A Two Hours Drive South from St. Johns to Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve. Because It Was Named a navigational hazard Mistaken for Cape Race, It Is One Of The World's Most Significant fossil sites. Here You Can Find The Oldest complex life forms anywhere on Earth. The fossil layer hand preserve The ecology of has 565-million-year-old deep-sea community.

The global importance of Mistaken Point has not gone unnoticed. It has Been Added To The Canadian attempt list of potential UNESCO World Heritage properties. Mistaken Point Hopes to Join Gros Morne National Park, On the west coast of Newfoundland, With This designation Because Of icts Geological significance.

Dad and I Went with Richard, the reserve's manager, to turn and The Fossil Were More Than What We Saw With impressed and Learned, despite the Weather. Access to the fossils IS only by guided tour from late May to early October. To find out about seeing yourself thesis incredible fossils, Call the Interpretive Centre in Portugal Cove South (709) 438-1100 and ask to speak to one of the reservation's Interpreters.