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Quartermain Earth Science Café: Bathurst

  • Quartermain Earth Science Centre 2 Bailey Dr Fredericton, NB, E3B Canada (map)

The Quartermain Earth Science Centre and Stonehammer UNESCO Geopark invites you to our next Earth Science Café on The Last Billion Years: the Book Tour!

LOCATION: Bathurst High School, Bathurst, New Brunswick

DATE/TIME: Saturday, October 15th/1:30 to 4:30 pm

From 1:30 to 3:30 pm we have fun activities exploring fossils, minerals, rocks, and geologic time. At 3:30 pm our honoured invited speaker, geologist Jim Walker, will provide an interactive talk on the full-colour best-selling book titled The Last Billion Years (2nd addition). The Last Billion Years unravels many surprises! Did you know that the positions of present-day Halifax and Saint John were once on separate continents? Or that the cliffs around the Bay of Fundy have yielded the oldest dinosaurs in Canada?

Space is limited, so REGISTER NOW for this unique must see FREE event! Refreshments will be served.

Are you a teacher? All teachers receive a FREE LYB2 book and geology road map of New Brunswick and PEI. Simply identify yourself upon arrival.