One of British Columbia’s Premier Backcountry Hikes brings you to the middle of Monkman Provincial Park.
Our most visited trackway and dino footprints. Not to be missed!
An amazing lake that serves as the start point for some of our most famous alpine destinations.
Mystical water surrounded by Limestone Cliffs. Surprisingly accessible, come be amazed.
Mount Babcock’s Southeast Slope features a landscape of towering rock pinnacles. Scrambling necessary in places.
The week before Christmas was busy for the Geopark, Wolverine Nordic & Mountain Society (WNMS), and Museum Foundation. Very busy… and without exception filled with good stuff. Day 1 – Tepee Falls: Birgit Sharman (WNMS President) and Larry White (WNMS V-P) head off in the morning for the Tepee Falls trail, for a final meeting…
Monkman Provincial Park, Gwillim Lake Provincial Park… two acknowledged jewels in the crown of the parks in northeastern British Columbia. They both contain important geosites within the Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark. A total of six provincial protected areas lie within the recently designated Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark. Is it possible for us as volunteers, who cherish…
It was 23 months from when the idea of a Geopark was first mentioned in Tumbler Ridge, till the designation of the Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark in New Brunswick in September 2014… 23 months of exceptionally hard work by a dedicated team of volunteers. Then there were a few hours of euphoria, celebrating being one…
Three recent articles in Tumbler Ridge News have celebrated the centennial of the 1914 Samuel Prescott Fay expedition and the beginning of our written history. Fay led a party of five men and twenty horses on a scientific and exploratory expedition from Jasper to Hudson’s Hope, passing through what is now the Tumbler Ridge area.…
To find dinosaur tracks near Tumbler Ridge, the process is straightforward: Examine a geological map to see where rocks of the right age occur Ensure that these are terrestrial, not marine rocks (dinosaurs lived on land, not in the ocean) Work out where these rocks might be exposed on the surface, typically in canyons and…
