Discovery Global Geopark Tours

04/15/2023

We want you to get involved in the geopark!

As a UNESCO Global Geopark, we take a grassroots approach to running the geopark. This means that we need people like you to become advocates of the region and guardians of the geoheritage. Join us for a one day training session to learn about what a geopark is, how the geology of the region has shaped our culture, and about our fascinating fossils and the importance of geoconservation.

In becoming an official geopark ambassador, you will:
- join a like-minded group of individuals who are interested in geology, the environment, and our culture.
- become an essential supporter of the geopark.
- learn new things and meet new people!

Follow this link to register:
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11/04/2022

In St. John's?
Don't know what to do this Sunday?
Interested in fossils?

Come down to The Rooms between 1-4pm Nov 6th to learn about Aspidella (150 years after it was first described), chat with
MUNPaleobiology and have the opportunity to take a fossil cast home!

09/04/2022

Love FOSSILS and the Discovery Unesco Global Geopark and the Bonavista Peninsula? Check out the palaeontological tours we are offering on a pilot scheme basis.

This opportunity is enabled by support from Public Engagement at Memorial University, Sir William Ford Coaker Heritage Foundation Inc. Tours designed and led by researchers from MUNPaleobiology at Memorial University

Our first tours have been a great success and will continue through the early fall until around thanksgiving.

If you would like to see something like this happen in 2023 then come along for a tour and let your friends know about it!!

08/25/2022

08/25/2022

Paleontological tours in the Catalina Dome area are starting next weekend (September 3rd).

The tours will be about 1.15 to 1.30h on Saturdays and Sundays starting at 12.00 pm. The price is 30$ per person +10$ (optional) if you want to take with you a cast of an Ediacaran fossil made with resin.

- You can book a spot by sending an email to: [email protected]

You will receive information about the payment method and the gathering point in the Port Union area.

See you all soon!

07/29/2022

This partnership between MUNPaleobiology; Sir William Ford Coaker Heritage Foundation Inc.; and Discovery Global Geopark is supported by funding from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Public Engagement at Memorial University is set up to explore geotourism offerings in the Discovery UNESCO Global Geopark on Newfoundland's Bonavista Peninsula.

Watch this space over the coming weeks as we release dates for palaeontologically focussed guided hike and fossil casting workshops based out of the Sir William Coaker Heritage Foundation in Port Union, and a partnership with Sea of Whales in Trinity which will see geotourism added to some of their tours.

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07/29/2022