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Tumbler Ridge was built in the 1980s, when memories of World War II were already forty years old. Therefore it is perhaps counter-intuitive to learn that our community’s connections with the two World Wars are profound. WORLD WAR I: In 1914 Samuel Prescott Fay led a party of five men and twenty horses…
The CSPG featured our friend’s at Stonehammer UNESCO Global Geopark in their most recent edition of Reservoir. This is fantastic exposure for Canadian Geoparks from the premier organization of Canadian Energy Geoscientists. The article does a great job of recognizing the wide purview and reach of Geoparks stating, “They developed as much more than places…
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.…
The Dinosaur Discovery Gallery at the Tumbler RIdge Museum is open once again!
We’re very excited that UNESCO has designated Percé, Quebec as Canada’s third Geopark. So much pride for Percé, Gaspésie and all those involved. We look forward to many years of promoting Geoparks in Canada together! Learn a bit more about Percé with these videos or better yet explore their website. Visit Percé’s Website!
We’re happy to share this article from Antropology Today on the Northeast BC Region. Professor of Anthropology Anna Willow has done a great job covering a huge time frame from the Dane-zaa, Cree and Saulteau people, through the first western explorers, the modern resource extraction in the area and finally the Site C dam. Many…
The end of May once again sees Northern Health bring the 3d conference to Tumbler Ridge. If you see a pack of doctors wandering around don’t worry they haven’t come to diagnose or medicate anyone – they’re here to discuss many medical topics but primarily the role of pharmaceutics in medicine. Video of 2016 Conference
