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Avalonia’s

geological mysteries.

The legendary coasts of Eastern Newfoundland offer a unique opportunity to
explore the history of a long-lost continent: Avalonia. Our geological treasures
are like nowhere else on earth, and as you travel back more than half a billion
years you’ll discover stories of volcanoes, glaciers, and fossils that changed our
view on how the world works.

This is the place where animal life began, and at the Mistaken Point UNESCO
World Heritage Site you can explore a 565 million year old sea bed that
contains fossils of our oldest animal ancestors. Continue your journey at the
Fortune Head Geology Centre, and witness the moment animals took over
the world. You can even meet some of the world’s biggest trilobite fossils at
Manuels River. Discover how Avalonia continues to shape our communities;
from a hike along the stunning coastal landscapes of the Discovery UNESCO
Global Geopark, to the spectacular mineral formations near St. Lawrence.
With so much to uncover, it’s time to come home to Avalonia.

- Dr. Jack Matthews

Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve St. Lawrence Miner’s Museum

The Rooms Discovery Geopark - Brook Point

298 | For more info call 1-800-563-6353