Miguasha Park

Miguasha National Park was designated a World Heritage Site in 1999 in recognition of its wealth of fossils, which display a crucial time during the evolution of life on Earth.



Year Decision Comments
1999 Inscribed Reasons for inscription
1994ReferredBureau - importance recognised but lacked context in which to judge comparatively. Centre to organise a study into sites covering Earth's evolutionary history

Reviews

Bo Haugaard Strandnes (Denmark):
I have found the Miguasha Park to be the 'motherlode'
of fossils from the Devonian perido. For many years I have
been finding fossils, especially Trilobites, at a site
in Jacquet River at a location called "Viking Camp"
just off exit 351 on Hwy.11
I plan to go back to both sites again this year, and
highly recommend them to fellow 'fossil aficionados',
and at the same time enjoy the hospitality and natural
sceneries New Brunswick has to offer.
Date posted: April 2006
Krista-Lee Christensen (Canada):
I visited the park with some friends this summer (2005) and found it to a fascinating experience. Not only does the area have magnificent scenery, but there are plenty of hotels and restaurants where you will be served great food with great hospitality. It would be surprising if you were to walk the length of the beach and *not* find a fossil. The park employees and tour guides are great resources for information and the museum is laid out in an organized manner. You will leave Miguasha knowing much more about the history of the beach, the process of fossilization, our evolutionary past and the preparation of fossils. On a scale from 1-10 I give Miguasha National Park a full 10.
Date posted: September 2005
Dennis W. Gordon (USA):
Very interesting! Never imagined seeing some many fossils for the sea like we saw there.
 
Kelly K. Henry (USA):
Miguasha is a remote park on southeastern edge of the Gaspe peninsula in Quebec but right on the border with New Brunswick. There is not much to see in the park but the museum is a visual pre-history lesson with lots of examples of the Devonian era fossils found at the site. Literally thousands of complete sea-life fossils have been found here and you can view the shale and sand cliffs where the fossils have been found but there is really not anything to see there. Most of the fossils are displayed in museums around the world but a few hundred are at the museum on-site. You must pay(C$8.00 in 2004) to visit the museum in order to make a visit to Miguasha worthwhile. Not many places to stay nearby. Drive about 30 km south for some small towns with motels.
 


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