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Trent River fossil exposures

Fossil site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: inoceramid clams, crabs.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Cretaceous shale canyon near Courtenay yielding ammonites and rare marine reptile bone

Documented island fossil locality in society field guides.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

canyon walls, high water

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