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Collishaw Point, Hornby Island

Fossil site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils
Shark teethShark teeth

Also reported: baculites.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Why this spot

Late Cretaceous Northumberland Formation shales with concretions bearing ammonites and crabs

Classic Vancouver Island group fossil locality in collector and society literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

tides, boat or ferry access

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