Joggins Fossil Centre Featured in an Advanced Glazings Advertisement

Check out this ad by Advanced Glazings featuring the Solera® windows of the Joggins Fossil Centre! Based out of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Advanced Glazings manufactures and markets sustainable technologies related to sunlight. Visit the Advanced Glazings blog at http://blog.advancedglazings.com to see a brief video about their products and leave an innovative comment for your chance to win an iPad!

Paleontological Journals Donated to the Joggins Fossil Institute's In-House Library

The Joggins Fossil Institute would like to thank Dr. Paul Smith from the University of British Columbia for generously donating these paleontological journals. The journals are a great addition to our in-house library and cover paleontological topics from as early as 1935. For more information about the Joggins Fossil Institute’s Library, please visit www.jogginsfossilcliffs.net/research/Library.php

Over 200 Fossils Added to Collection!

Over 200 Joggins fossils, including trackways, animal remains and plants (such as the Sigillaria tree stump pictured above), have come home to the Joggins Fossil Centre's Collection Room. All these specimens were collected over many years by Matt Stimson under the Province's Heritage Research Permit system and we are happy to now house these fossils for others to enjoy and perform research on.

The Joggins Fossil Centre's 3rd Annual Halloween Party

We had about 30 children dressed in their best Halloween costumes at the Centre for fun games and prizes as part of our annual Halloween Party on Sunday. The children had fun painting their own Halloween fossil casts and partaking in our gallery scavenger hunt. We were also amazed at the children’s green thumbs for growing white “Earth Day” pumpkins. Some of them were over 75lbs! Here’s one of the pumpkin farmers:

We'll see you all next year for the Joggins Fossil Centre's 4th Annual Halloween Party.