This is a half day urban field trip designed to allow participants a detailed look at the huge variety of extraordinary fossilized creatures that are in the walls of some of the buildings in and around downtown Calgary. Tako Koning, an experienced geologist, who has made a study of the fossils, will help the group identify the many creatures that can be seen and will provide more details about their lives.

The rocks are 450 million years old from the famous Tyndall Formation which is quarried at Tyndall, Manitoba. The fossilized creatures are examples of some of the earliest forms of life.

The field trip begins downtown Calgary where we will visit 2 historic buildings clad with Tyndall. Thereafter we will move to the modern Safeway store in Kensington and the Senator Patrick Burns building on the SAIT campus.

There will be a minimum amount of walking in the downtown and travel to Kensington and the SAIT campus will be by vehicle. If you come by car, please park somewhere near to the meeting place, 119, 6th Avenue SW. If you will come on foot please advise the coordinator by email, no later than Thursday June 16 so we can include you in car pooling for the stops in Kensington and SAIT. If you are traveling by bike you should be able to get between the locations in a similar time to the cars, but make sure to bring a lock for your bike.

We will see the Tyndall in three dimensions and a wide variety of fossils (corals, sponges, nautiloids, algae, pelecypods, brachiopods) that are exquisitely preserved in the limestone. This field trip is family friendly; kids are welcome.

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Fundraising Goal

Goal: $2,000

Raised to date: $460.00

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Minimum donation per participant: $30.00

All donations to AWA are eligible for a charitable tax receipt.

Covid-19 Precautions

We will observe COVID-19 precautions and guidance from the Government of Alberta and expect participants to follow appropriate sanitizing and social distancing. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation! If you need more details you can check the Government website at: this link.

Please bring a personal mask and your own hand sanitizer.

Thank you for joining us for this exceptional day out in one of Alberta’s truly wonderful Wild Spaces — we look forward to meeting you there!

Details

For more information, please see Tako’s article Tyndall Stone: Hunting Ordovician Fossils in Downtown and Inner-City Calgary in the December 2020 issue of the Alberta Palæontological Society Bulletin (PDF Download).

The adventure will start at 1:00 PM and run through until about 4:30-5:00 PM. Specific meeting times and location will be sent to registered participants in advance of the event.

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