Another wild weather day

Wow! Here at the Joggins Fossil Centre, we are already over half way through our tourist season. These few months included visitors from all over the world (Some from Israel and South Carolina, USA, as I write this!) and weather that seems to be from all over the world too. Today, there was a brief thunder and lightening storm that surprised both visitors and staff. The sun came out immediately afterwards, making Monday a really beautiful day.

We are looking forward to the arrival of August and the very much anticipated arrival of our new giftshop items. Be on the lookout for new, colourful shirts, beautiful jewellery (including turquoise, red coral, and lava), travel mugs, and great new books. It is a great time to start your Christmas shopping!

Stay tuned for more updates from the Centre!

Image: Three handmade bears made from recycled materials by Gen MacDonald (a local crafts person who also makes our pure wool, naturally dyed sweaters).

Link for New7Wonders

Here is the link to enable you to vote for the Bay of Fundy

www.new7wonders.com

Bay of Fundy one of 28 finalists for New7Wonders

The eyes of the world are upon Canada’s Bay of Fundy now that it has been selected as a top 28 finalist in a global campaign to declare the new seven wonders of nature.

The Bay of Fundy is the only Canadian site and one of three on the continent to proceed to the final phase in the New7Wonders of Nature contest. The 28 finalists were announced at New7Wonders Foundation headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, today.

A New7Wonders international panel of experts identified the top 28 natural wonders from the campaign’s recent Top 77 natural sites (identified by popular vote on July 7 2009). The Top 77 sites were evaluated by the panel against such criteria as: unique nature features, diversity of landscapes, rock formations, national parks, preserved areas, seascapes, ecological significance, and geo-location.

The 28 finalists are now competing by popular vote to become one of the New7Wonders of nature. Public voting opened immediately following the announcement.

Voting in the New7Wonders of Nature campaign continues throughout 2010 and into 2011. During this time, the New7Wonders World Tour will visit each of the 28 Finalists to allow each to present itself to the voters across the globe. The final declaration of the New7Wonders of Nature will be in 2011.

The Fossil Cliffs - World Heritage Site

The Joggins Fossil Cliffs ave been a World heritage Site for over a year now.

On 7th July we celebrated one year since the inscription on the World Heritage List. We marked the occasion by burying a time capsule, filled with documents, logo wear, media articles and memorabilia from the nomination through to the final, momentous occasion when the cliffs were inscribed by UNESCO.

The time capsule was a fitting way for the community to remember what an important event this was. The cliffs themselves are a snapshot of life here 300 million years ago and the capsule is a miniscule version of this.

We chose 50 years since inscription (49 years since burial) as the best time span to leave the capsule buried. When it is dug up, there will be living memory of its internment. One of the members of the local community was there and celebrating his ninth birthday. We hope that he celebrates his 58th birthday by digging up the capsule and telling everyone about his memories of the event.

We are experiencing a busy and lively season so far and hope that you can join us some time soon.

Please watch our website for future events and information on recent discoveries.