Galápagos of the Coal Age': Joggins, Nova Scotia.

Did you know that the Redpath Museum has an intricate link with Canada’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site?

Are you aware that our own Sir William Dawson, fifth president of McGill and founder of the Redpath Museum, was one of Canada’s first paleoecologists?

If you didn’t (and even if you did), the Redpath Museum Club presents a talk that can answer all of your questions! On Wednesday, October 27th, we will be hosting a talk on ‘The Redpath-Joggins Connection’ at 3pm in the Redpath Auditorium.

Still not sold? Read on.

The Fossil Cliffs at Joggins, Nova Scotia became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008. This property has played a vital role in the development of seminal geological and evolutionary principles, including through the work of Sir Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin, for which the site has been referred to as the “coal age Galápagos”.

During next Wednesday’s talk, Matt Stimson - a student at St. Mary’s University, Halifax and researcher at the Joggins Fossil Cliffs World Heritage site - will speak about the history of the site and about the vital role Sir William Dawson played in the monumental discoveries that occurred there. Some of the latest research currently being preformed at the site will also be presented.

On behalf of the Redpath Museum Club, I’d like to invite you to come out and see this enlightening talk. It should be very interesting from both a biological and historical perspective!

Thanks!

Emily.
(Internal Facilitator, Redpath Museum Club)