Version 2309 current as of SEP 2023.
Location | County | State/Province | Directions,Notes | Age | Formation | Fossils | Site ID | Comments | Reference | Lat-Long | | | Spare1 | Spare2 | Spare3 |
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Bulkley Valley | Bulkley-Nechako RD | BC | Telkwa Coal Deposits | K | invertebrates-mollusks | BC0004 | 54.69619,-127.0528,location:Telkwa.BC,AHh44 | | | $* | |||||
Bulkley Valley | Bulkley-Nechako RD | BC | on Bulkley River near Trout Creek | J | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea | BC0005 | 54.7872,-127.1695,location:Smithers.BC,AHh44 | | | $* | |||||
Driftwood Canyon | Bulkley-Nechako RD | BC | No Collecting Currently. There is a legal case involving the terms under which the land was gifted to the Province that might alter the situation | E | invertebrates-arthropoda-insecta;;plants,vertebrates-fish? | BC0122 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAbee_Fossil_Beds | 54.8266,-127.0188,,AIm73? | | | *$BC0006,BC0008 | ||||
Hudson Bay Mountain | Bulkley-Nechako RD | BC | on E side of Mountain | K | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea;;;plants(petrified wood) | BC0070 | 54.8276,-127.2821,,AHh44 | | | $* | |||||
Smithers(DriftwoodCyn) | Bulkley-Nechako RD | BC | at Driftwood Canyon | E | plants | BC0008 | 54.8254,-127.0222,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0006,BC0122 | |||||
Smithers(NE13-DriftwoodCyn | Bulkley-Nechako RD | BC | 13.5 km NE at Driftwood Canyon | E | Smithers? | invertebrates-arthropoda-insecta-hemiptera-Cercopidae;;;;plants-angiosperms-sequoioidae-Metasequoia;;gymnospermopsida-Glyptostrobus;;vertebrates(?) | BC0006 | Provincial Park Collecting permitted (sort of) but all specimens examined and only common fossils can be kept at the discretion of the rangers | 54.8254,-127.0222,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0008,BC0122 | |||
Smithers(W40-Ashman Ridge) | Bulkley-Nechako RD | BC | 40 km W on Ashman Ridge | J | invertebrates(marine) | BC0007 | 54.8149,-127.6041,,AHh44? | | | *$ | |||||
Topley | Bulkley-Nechako RD | BC | At Findley Falls on Richfield Creek | OL | invertebrates-mollusks | BC0009 | 54.4998,-126.3034,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||||
Fossil Point | Capital RD | BC | This is near the Southern tip of Vancouver Is | - | BC0118 | http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/MABRB | 48.3297,-123.545,,AJm73? | | | $* | |||||
Muir Creek | Capital RD? | BC | {1} | T | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia,gastropoda | BC0010 | 48.3829,-123.8693,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||||
Victoria | Capital RD | BC | In substantially altered rocks | CR? | invertebrates(obscure) | BC0106 | An American Geological Railway Guide p83 | 48.4268,-123.3622,,AHh44 | | | $* | ||||
Victoria(RBCM) | Capital RD | BC | General Museum devoted to material from BC. Fossil displays, Research collections, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 9W2 | BC0128,BC0136 | https://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/collections/natural-history/paleontology | 48.4198,-123.3673,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Belemnite Lake | Cariboo RD | BC | MZ? | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-belemnoidea | BC0127 | 51.6236,-124.7262,,AHm74 | | | $* | ||||||
Cariboo Mountains | Cariboo RD | BC | invertebrates(Ediacaran) | BC0011 | 52.9167,-120.2527,,AHh44 | | | $* | |||||||
Horsefly | Cariboo RD | BC | E | invertebrates-arthropoda-insecta?;;plants?,vertebrates-fish-actinopterygii-Amyzon | BC0012 | 52.3332,-121.4194,,AKm73? | | | *$BC0013,BC0112 | ||||||
Horsefly | Cariboo RD | BC | E | vertebrates-fish-actinopterygii-Eohiodon | BC0112 | http://live.tolweb.org/Eohiodon_rosei/15141 | 52.3349,-121.4161,,AKm73? | | | *$BC0012,BC0013 | |||||
Horsefly Creek | Cariboo RD | BC | {1} | E | plants(leaves)(impressions),vertebrates-fish | BC0013 | 52.3349,-121.4161,,AKm73? | | | *$BC0012,BC0112 | |||||
Horsefly River | Cariboo RD | BC | World Heritage Site-No Collecting | El | invertebrates-arthropoda-insecta(55Taxa);;plants(41Taxa),vertebrates-fish(3Taxa) | BC0123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAbee_Fossil_Beds | 52.3621,-121.0685,,AIm73 | | | $* | ||||
Quesnellia | Cariboo RD? | BC | {1} | plants(leaves),vertebrates-fish | BC0014 | 'Quesnellia' appears to be the name of a terrane which is said to be named for Quesnel, BC | 52.9826,-122.4921,location:Quesnel.BC,AHh44 | | | $* | |||||
Sumas Mountain | Cariboo RD? | BC | E | Huntington_BC | plants | BC0016 | 49.0830,-122.1859,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Field | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | Burgess shale fossils possibly displayed at Parks Canada INformation Center. Possibly seasonal. Address: 311 Stephen Ave, Field, BC V0A 1G0, Canada Phone: 1 250-343-6324 | Cm | Stephen(Burgess) | BC0135,BC0143 | https://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/resources/02-museum.php | 51.3980,-116.4919,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||
Field | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | Cm | Stephen Shale | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Zacanthoides | BC0002 | 51.3827,-116.4479,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0017,BC0089,BC0098 | |||||
Field(Area) | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | Mounts Stephen,Wapta,Field,Odaray. No collecting | C | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita(diverse),(others) | BC0017 | 51.3954,-116.4822,,AHh44 | | | *$BC0002,BC0019,BC0089,BC0095,BC0098 | |||||
Field(MtStephen) | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | On NW slope of Mt Stephen 914m above Kicking Horse River in 'Ogygopsis Shale' | Cm | Stephen | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-bathyuridae-Bathyuriscus;Burlingia,Neolenus | BC0098 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P19,36 | 51.3827,-116.4479,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0002,BC0017,BC0019,BC0089 | |||
Kicking Horse Pass | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | along main line of Canadian Pacific RR | Cl | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-olenellidae-Olenellus(O gilberti) | BC0018 | 51.4528,-116.2869,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Marble Canyon | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | Burgess Shale like fossils-50 plus species | Cm | Stephen | invertebrates | BC0114 | There are other Marble Canyons in BC (e.g.50.8446,-121.6937) | http://www.livescience.com/43270-new-burgess-shale-fossils-canada.html | 51.1818,-116.1162,,AKm44? | | | *$ | ||
Mount Bosworth | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | 210m in limestones and shales | Cm | Stephen | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Ogygopsis,(others) | BC0090 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P3 | 51.4537,-116.3342,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0046,BC0092 | |||
Mount Bosworth | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | In massive limestones below Stephen formation | Cm | Cathedral (Canada) | invertebrates-mollusks | BC0092 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P4 | 51.4537,-116.3342,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0046,BC0090 | |||
Mount Bosworth | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | On West slope in alternating bands of limestone and siliceous/calcareous shale below Cathedral formation limestones | Cl | Mount Whyte | invertebrates-mollusks | BC0094 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P4 | 51.4652,-116.3753,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Mount Bosworth | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | C | invertebrates-brachiopoda-acrotretida-Acrothele | BC0046 | 51.4537,-116.3342,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0090,BC0092 | ||||||
Mount Bosworth(Area) | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | On E side of West Ridge of Mt Bosworth in 100m of thin bedded limestone below Sherbrooke formation (also on Paget Peak and Mt Daly) | Cu | Paget | invertebrates-mollusks | BC0086 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P3 | 51.4584,-116.3603,,AGl73 | | | *$BC0087 | |||
Mount Stephen | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | 180m at peak in limestones and shales | Cm | Stephen | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Ogygopsis,(others) | BC0089 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P3 | 51.3992,-116.4372,,AKm73? | | | *$BC0002,BC0017,BC0098 | |||
Mount Stephen | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | Above RR tunnel in alternating bands of limestone and siliceous/calcareous shale below Cathedral formation limestones | Cl | Mount Whyte | invertebrates-mollusks | BC0095 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P4 | 51.4219,-116.4170,,AKm73 | | | $*BC0017 | |||
Mount Stephen | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | above Field,BC | Cm | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Elrathia,Ogygopsis,Zacanthoides | BC0019 | 51.3986,-116.4333,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0017,BC0098 | |||||
Paget Peak | Columbia-Shuswap RD | BC | thin bedded limestone below Sherbrooke formation | Cu | Paget | invertebrates-mollusks | BC0087 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P3 | 51.4611,-116.3639,,AKm73 | | | $*BC0086 | |||
Collishaw Point | Comox Valley RD | BC | On Hornby Island | K | Lambert_BC | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Inoceramus,Nemodon;cephalopoda-ammonoidea-Gaudryceras,Hypophylloceras,Nostoceras,Pachydiscus,Phyllopachyceras,Pseudophyllites | BC0020 | http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/paleochron/34_e.php | 49.5495,-124.6909,,AKm73 | | | $*BC0025 | |||
Collishaw Point | Comox Valley RD | BC | On Hornby Island | K | Spray | plants(seeds)(cones) | BC0025 | 49.5495,-124.6909,,AKm73 | | | $*BC0020 | ||||
Comox | Comox Valley RD | BC | K | Nanaimo | plants | BC0021 | 49.6811,-124.9264,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Courtenay | Comox Valley RD | BC | E at Piggot Creek in abandoned quarry | K | Comox | plants(seeds)(cones) | BC0023 | Piggott Creek is about 20km NW of Courtenay | 49.8329,-125.3529,,AHh44? | | | $* | |||
Courtenay | Comox Valley RD | BC | Fossil displays. Phone: 250.334.0686, Email:info@courtenaymuseum.ca, Address:207 Fourth Street,Courtenay B.C.,V9N 1G7 | BC0131,BC0139 | https://www.courtenaymuseum.ca/ | 49.6922,-124.9983,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Courtenay | Comox Valley RD | BC | K | Haslam,Pender | vertebrates-reptilia(marine)-plesiosauria,squamata-mosasauridae;turtles | BC0022 | 49.6925,-124.9924,,AHh44 | | | $* | |||||
Denman Is-Hornby Island | Comox Valley RD | BC | {1} | Ku | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia,cephalopoda-ammonoidea | BC0024 | 49.5377,-124.7333,loc:between the islands,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Puntledge River | Comox Valley RD | BC | Along Puntledge River W of Courtenay vertebrate fossils discovered in 1988 -- Provincial heritage site. No collecting | invertebrates?,vertebrates-reptilia-Elasmosaurus,Tylosaurus | BC0132,BC0140 | https://www.courtenaymuseum.ca/fossils-dinosaurs/the-elasmosaur-find/ | 49.6805,-125.0656,,AKm73? | | | , | |||||
Cowichan Lake | Cowichan Valley RD | BC | At 48.04.80 N 123.19.55 W | ? | BC0026 | 48.8663,-124.2694,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Cowichan Valley | Cowichan Valley RD | BC | Sponges-Hormathospongia | Ku | Haslam | invertebrates-porifera-Hormathospongia | BC0144 | http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/collections-database/sponges/ | 48.8259,-124.0559,,AKm74 | | | , | |||
Rift Creek(?) | Cowichan Valley RD(?) | BC | Vancouver Island | PN | Mount Mark | invertebrates(55 taxa)-arthropoda-trilobita(3 taxa);brachiopoda(22 taxa) | BC0027 | There is probably more than one Rift Creek in BC | 48.9829,-124.5695,,AKm73? | | | $* | |||
Bastille Mountain | East Kootenay RD | BC | On Eastern flank 53d52m22N 120d00m56W | D | Simla | invertebrates-cnidaria-corals | BC0108 | Phillipsastreid Corals from the Frasnian (Upper Devonian) of Western Canada: Taxonomy and Biostratigraphic Significance Ross A. McLean | 50.3477,-116.6075,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Bull River Valley | East Kootenay RD | BC | Trilobite Elvinia from Clay Creek a tributary of Tanglefoot Creek | Cu | McKay | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Elvinia | BC0145 | http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/collections-database/arthropods/trilobites/ | 50.0703,-129.5111,,AKm74? | | | , | |||
Castle Mountain | East Kootenay RD | BC | On Southeast slope in alternating bands of limestone and siliceous/calcareous shale below Cathedral formation limestones | Cl | Mount Whyte | invertebrates-mollusks | BC0096 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P4 | 50.4329,-127.1201,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Cathedral Mountain | East Kootenay RD | BC | In massive limestones below Stephen formation | Cm | Cathedral (Canada) | invertebrates-mollusks | BC0091 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P4 | 49.4664,-123.0193,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Cranbrook | East Kootenay RD | BC | {1} | Cl | Eager | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-olenellidae-Olenellus;Wanneria | BC0028 | 49.5077,-115.7627,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0029,BC0030,BC0043 | ||||
Cranbrook | East Kootenay RD | BC | Cl | Eager | invertebrates-mollusks | BC0029 | 49.5077,-115.7627,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0028,BC0030,BC0043 | |||||
Cranbrook | East Kootenay RD | BC | Cu | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Labiostria | BC0030 | 49.5077,-115.7627,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0028,BC0029,BC0043 | ||||||
Eldon(Mt Bosworth) | East Kootenay RD | BC | In shales at N end of amphitheater NW(? SW?) of Mt Bosworth N of Canadian Pacific RR tracks | Cm | Eldon | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Obolus | BC0100 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P61 | 51.4433,-116.3420,,AHh44 | | | $* | |||
Fairmont Hot Springs | East Kootenay RD | BC | {1} | invertebrates-brachiopoda,cnidaria-corals;mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea;;;protists-forams | BC0031 | 50.3117,-115.8651,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Fort Steele(Cranbrook) | East Kootenay RD | BC | South at Cranbrook Rifle Club on leased Crown lands | Cl | Eager | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-olenellidae-Olenellus;Wanneria | BC0043 | http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=bba31171-9caf-42a5-b97c-a91c84e7e08c | 49.5136,-115.7767,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0028,BC0029,BC0030 | |||
Hector(Mt Bosworth) | East Kootenay RD | BC | In drift block of siliceous shale on S slope of Mt Bosworth | Cl? | invertebrates-arthropoda-trilobita-Albertella,bathyuridae-Bathyuriscus;;;brachiopoda-acrotretida-Acrothele;Micromitra,Obolus,Wimanella | BC0099 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P22 | 51.4537,-116.3342,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Hector(N8) | East Kootenay RD | BC | 8km N on Western Slope of Mt Bosworth above Sherbrooke Lake in limestones | Cu-Ol | Sherbrooke | invertebrates-mollusks | BC0085 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P2 | 51.4652,-116.3753,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Mount Daly | East Kootenay RD | BC | thin bedded limestone below Sherbrooke formation | Cu | Paget | invertebrates-mollusks | BC0088 | Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P3 | 51.5169,-116.4015,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Surprise Pass | East Kootenay RD | BC | On S side of Surprise Pass between Wallbridge and Bastille Mountains 53d52m22N 120d02m15W Amoco Loc 11513 | D | Simla | invertebrates-cnidaria-corals | BC0107 | Phillipsastreid Corals from the Frasnian (Upper Devonian) of Western Canada: Taxonomy and Biostratigraphic Significance Ross A. McLean | 53.8729,-120.0374,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Dunedin River(S1) | Fort Nelson-Liard RD? | BC | .8km S about 6km N of Milepost 383 on Alaskan Highway | TRl | Grayling | vertebrates-fish-sarcopterygii-dipnoi-coelacanthiformes-Bobasatrania? | BC0036 | 59.5163,-124.0866,,AHh44 | | | $* | ||||
Lake Wapiti | Fort Nelson-Liard RD | BC | Canada | TR | Sulphur Mountain | vertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-selachii(sharks)-holocephali-Listracanthus | BC0032 | 54.5705,-120.7755,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0035,BC0124 | ||||
Lake Wapiti | Fort Nelson-Liard RD | BC | museum quality fish on Ridge tops in NE BC in two distinctly different beds | TRl | vertebrates-fish(large)-sarcopterygii-dipnoi-coelacanthiformes-Albertonia,Bobasatrania;;;;reptilia-ichthyosauria | BC0033 | 54.5705,-120.7755,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0124 | |||||
Lake Wapiti(S5) | Fort Nelson-Liard RD | BC | 4.8km S at fish Lake. Several localities in area? | TR | Sulphur Mountain | vertebrates-fish-actinopterygii-palaeoniscidae-Boreosomus,Pteronisculus;Perleidus,Saurichthys;chondrichthyes-selachii-holocephali-Listracanthus;;;sarcopterygii-dipnoi-coelacanthiformes-Albertonia,Bobasatrania,Whitea | BC0034 | 54.5133,-120.7027,,AKm73? | | | *$BC0124 | ||||
Lake Wappiti | Fort Nelson-Liard RD | BC | In scree on Lower Slopes S of Wapiti Lake | TR | Sulphur Mountain | vertebrates-fish-chondrichthyes-selachii-hybodontidae-Palaeobates;;;;reptilia-ichthyosauria-Shastasaurus | BC0035 | 54.5705,-120.7755,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0032,BC0124 | ||||
Tetsa River | Fort Nelson-Liard RD? | BC | S side near Alaska Hwy MP 382 | TRl | Toad,Grayling | vertebrates-fish(bones) | BC0037 | 58.6330,-123.7030,,AHh44 | | | $* | ||||
Harrison Lake | Fraser Valley RD | BC | 9.3 km N of Wallin(?) Creek in Lower Cretaceous road cuts | Kl | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Buchia;cephalopoda-belemnoidea | BC0038 | Couldn't identify a 'Wallin Creek' in British Columbia nor could HA,Neither could he find a plausible misspelling (Walhachin, maybe?) | 49.5497,-121.8359,,AHh44 | | | *$BC0039,BC0040,BC0102,BC0103 | ||||
Harrison Lake | Fraser Valley RD | BC | Area exposures | K | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Aucella | BC0103 | An American Geological Railway Guide p80 | 49.5497,-121.8359,,AHh44 | | | *$BC0038,BC0039,BC0040,BC0102 | ||||
Harrison Lake | Fraser Valley RD | BC | Nearby in siltstones | J-K | Mysterious Creek | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea-Paracadoceras,Pseudocadoceras | BC0102 | http://www.scientificblogging.com/fossil_huntress/blog/the_pleasures_and_pain_of_siltstone_fossils_of_the_callovian_mysterious_creek_formation | 49.5497,-121.8359,,AHh44 | | | *$BC0038,BC0039,BC0040,BC0103 | |||
Harrison Lake | Fraser Valley RD | BC | location uncertain-needs research | J | Mysterious Creek | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Buchia;cephalopoda-ammonoidea,belemnoidea | BC0126 | http://www.science20.com/fossil_huntress/blog/harrison_lake_fossils_mysterious_creek_formation | 49.5,-121.7,,AIm74 | | | $* | |||
Harrison Lake(E) | Fraser Valley RD | BC | in road cuts to E in | Jl-K | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Buchia;cephalopoda-belemnoidea | BC0040 | 49.5497,-121.8359,,AHh44 | | | *$BC0038,BC0039,BC0102,BC0103 | |||||
Harrison Lake(W side) | Fraser Valley RD | BC | W side of Lake | K | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea | BC0039 | 49.5497,-121.8359,,AHh44 | | | *$BC0038,BC0040,BC0102,BC0103 | |||||
McAbee | Fraser Valley RD | BC | {1} | E | Kamloops Group | invertebrates-arthropoda-insecta;;plants(leaves-ginkgophyta-Ginkgo(seed pods);;vertebrates-fish | BC0041 | 50.7831,-121.1359,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0121 | ||||
Slesse Creek | Fraser Valley RD | BC | PZu | Chilliwack Group | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids(fragments) | BC0042 | 49.0830,-121.7025,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Black Mountain | Greater Vancouver RD | BC | in Pennsylvanian Lower Limestones | PN | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Gigantoproductus;bryozoa,cnidaria-coelenterata | BC0015 | Original says Whatcom County. There is no Whatcom County in BC,but there is one across the border in WA. There are no less than four Black Mountains in BC. Arbitratrily selected the one at Crystal Bowl Ski Area See also BC0076 | 49.3955,-123.2194,,AHh44? | | | $* | ||||
Fossil Creek | Greater Vancouver RD? | BC | Range 2 Coast Land District | plants? | BC0116 | http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/MABRB | 51.5542,-124.4026,,AHm73? | | | $* | |||||
Kanaka Creek | Greater Vancouver RD | BC | May be worked out | E | Huntington_BC | plants | BC0044 | 49.1997,-122.5859,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Point Roberts | Greater Vancouver RD | BC | PE | invertebrates-mollusks(shells) | BC0047 | The site is in the United States although access is from Tsawwassen, BC | 48.9886,-123.0567,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
SW British Columbia | Greater Vancouver RD | BC | 125 Pleistocene sites,mostly built over or overgrown,up to 300 meters above current Sea Level | PE | invertebrates-brachiopoda,echinoderms-echinoidea(sea_urchins)(fragments);mollusks;worms(tubes)-annelida-Serpula | BC0001 | 49.2642,-123.1128,location:Vancouver.BC,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Vancouver(Brothers Ck) | Greater Vancouver RD | BC | At junction of Capilano River and Brothers Creek. poorly preserved wood | K | Burrard | plants(leaves)(wood)(fruits)(others)(poorly preserved) | BC0048 | 49.3286,-123.1301,,AKm73? | | | $* | ||||
Vancouver(Burrard Inlet) | Greater Vancouver RD | BC | Burrard Inlet and English Bay | E | Burrard,Kitsilano | plants(leaves) | BC0049 | 49.3018,-123.1499,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Vancouver(PME) | Greater Vancouver RD | BC | University of British Columbia, Pacific Museum of Earth, fossil displays, Pacific Museum of Earth, Vancouver Campus,6339 Stores Rd,Earth + Ocean Sciences Main Building,Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6T1Z4 ,Tel 604 822 6992,Website pme.ubc.ca, Email pmebookings@eoas.ubc.ca. Apparently includes the Beaty Museum collection. | BC0129,BC0137 | https://pme.ubc.ca/,https://beatymuseum.ubc.ca/research-2/collections/fossil-collection/ | 49.2620,-123.2522,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
VancouverKitsilanoBch) | Greater Vancouver RD | BC | West of Kitsilano Beach | E-OL | Kitsilano | plants(leaves)(coal) | BC0050 | 49.2742,-123.1633,,AGl73 | | | $* | ||||
Ram Creek | Kitimat-Stikine RD | BC | 24km E of junction of Racing River and MacDonald Creek | TRl | Grayling | vertebrates-fish-sarcopterygii-dipnoi-coelacanthiformes | BC0051 | 50.0302,-115.6384,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Quatsino Sound(AppleBay) | Mount Waddington RD(?) | BC | On the western shore of Apple Bay in small calcareous concretions | Kl | Longarm (Canada) | plants(fragments)-gymnospermopsida-coniferophyta;pteridophyta-(ferns) | BC0052 | http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/90/5/755 | 50.6076,-127.7037,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Brannen Lake | Nanaimo RD | BC | at 49d11.64N,124d04.21W | ? | BC0053 | 49.1942,-124.0703,,AKm72 | | | $*BC0055 | ||||||
Nanaimo | Nanaimo RD | BC | K | Nanaimo | plants | BC0054 | 49.1663,-123.9360,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Nanaimo(W3-BrannenLake) | Nanaimo RD | BC | 3km W in abandoned shale pits at Brannen Lake | K | Haslam | plants(seeds)(cones) | BC0055 | 49.1942,-124.0703,,AKm73 | | | $*BC0053 | ||||
Parksville(EnglshmansR) | Nanaimo RD | BC | Englishman's River | K | Haslam | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea-Pachydiscus? | BC0056 | There may be a valid genus Chydiscus,but it's more likely a misspelling of Pachydiscus | 49.3209,-124.3136,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||
Qualicum Beach | Nanaimo RD | BC | Qualicum Beach Museum, 587 Beach Rd, Across from the Train Station, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia V9K 1K7, Canada. Fossil displays | BC0130,BC0138 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g182150-d3666077-r308792620-Qualicum_Beach_Museum-Qualicum_Beach_Vancouver_Island_British_Columbia.html | 49.3502,-125.0079,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Manning Park | Okanagan-Similkameen RD | BC | In marine outcrops along Valley View Lookout road and in other areas-no collecting | invertebrates(diverse)(marine) | BC0057 | 49.0664,-120.7858,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Manning Park | Okanagan-Similkameen RD | BC | plants near Mule Deer Campground--no collecting | plants-angiosperms-Ficus_fig,Magnolia,Platanus(sycamore);ginkgophyta-Ginkgo;gymnospermopsida-coniferophyta;pteridophyta-cycadopsida,(ferns) | BC0058 | 49.0635,-120.7820,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Okanagan Falls | Okanagan-Similkameen RD | BC | {1} | plants(leaves)(pine_needles) | BC0059 | 49.2982,-119.5302,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Princeton | Okanagan-Similkameen RD | BC | Princeton + District Museum and Archives,167 Vermilion Ave., Princeton, BC V0X 1W0, Phone: (250) 295-7588. Pollard Fossil Collection | BC0134,BC0142 | http://www.aaa.com/travelinfo/british-columbia/princeton/attractions/princeton--district-museum-and-archives-510129.html | 49.4584,-120.5090,,AKm72 | | | , | ||||||
Princeton | Okanagan-Similkameen RD | BC | well preserved plants | Em | Allenby_BC? | invertebrates-arthropoda-insecta(rare);mollusks-gastropoda;;plants(well preserved),vertebrates-mammals(teeth) | BC0061 | 49.4585,-120.5054,,AHh44 | | | *$BC0060,BC0062,BC0065,BC0067,BC0113 | ||||
Princeton | Okanagan-Similkameen RD | BC | {1} | E | plants(leaves)(pine needles)(seeds)(roots casts) | BC0060 | 49.4585,-120.5054,,AHh44 | | | *$BC0061,BC0062,BC0065,BC0066,BC0067,BC0113 | |||||
Princeton | Okanagan-Similkameen RD | BC | E | Allenby_BC | vertebrates-fish-actinopterygii-Eohiodon | BC0113 | http://live.tolweb.org/Eohiodon_rosei/15141 | 49.4585,-120.5054,,AHh44 | | | *$BC0060,BC0061,BC0065,BC0066,BC0067 | ||||
Princeton(Area) | Okanagan-Similkameen RD | BC | area exposures | E | plants | BC0065 | 49.4585,-120.5054,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0060,BC0061,BC0062,BC0066,BC0067,BC0113 | |||||
Princeton(Area) | Okanagan-Similkameen RD | BC | area exposures | EP | plants | BC0066 | 49.4585,-120.5054,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0060,BC0065,BC0067,BC0113 | |||||
Princeton(Area) | Okanagan-Similkameen RD | BC | in area 30 km long, 10 wide exposing Allenby Formation | E | Allenby_BC | plants(coal) | BC0067 | 49.4585,-120.5054,,AHh44 | | | *$BC0060,BC0061,BC0062,BC0065,BC0066,BC0113 | ||||
Princeton(MerrittHwy) | Okanagan-Similkameen RD | BC | Merritt Hwy area | E | plants(leaves)-gymnospermopsida-coniferophyta-pineacea(needles)(cones) | BC0063 | 49.4690,-120.5048,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Princeton(SSW13.5) | Okanagan-Similkameen RD | BC | In chert on E bank of Similkameen River 13.5 km SSW | E | Allenby_BC | plants-angiosperms-Paleorosa | BC0062 | Paleorosa,flowers size only 2 mm | 49.3538,-120.5447,,AKm73 | | | *$BC0060,BC0061,BC0065,BC0067 | |||
Princeton(Whipsaw Creek) | Okanagan-Similkameen RD | BC | Whipsaw Creek{1} | E | invertebrates-arthropoda-insecta;;plants(leaves) | BC0064 | 49.3767,-120.5921,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Chetwynd | Peace River RD | BC | Q | plants(leaves)(impressions) | BC0068 | 55.6976,-121.6296,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Finlay | Peace River RD? | BC | northeastern British Columbia.* | TRu | Pardonet | vertebrates-reptilia(marine)-rauisuchidae | BC0003 | Fragments of a marine rauisuchian (or near relative,an early crocodile-like carnivore) | 56.0413,-123.9807,location:Williston Lake.BC,AGl15 | | | $* | |||
Fort St John | Peace River RD | BC | TR | vertebrates-reptilia-ichthyosauria | BC0069 | very large ichthyosaur | 56.2456,-120.8354,,AHh44 | | | $* | |||||
Fossil Falls | Peace River RD | BC | Different site than the Fossil Falls in Crying Girl Rec Area? | - | BC0119 | http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/MABRB | 50.5894,-115.2003,,AHm73? | | | $*AB0474 | |||||
Fossil Falls | Peace River RD | BC | In cliff where stream falls into Graham River in Crying Girl Recreation Area. Abundant fossils. Exact location is hazy | - | BC0120 | https://www.facebook.com/BCWaterfalls/posts/1667854383437863 | 56.4500,-122.8680,,AGm73? | | | $* | |||||
Fossil Fish Lake | Peace River RD | BC | No Information found | - | BC0124 | http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/MABRB | 54.5381,-120.7456,,AHm73? | | | *$BC0032,BC0033,BC0034,BC0035 | |||||
Fossil Point | Peace River RD | BC | Abundant and diverse Triassic or Late Paleozoic fossils at 'Fossil Point' on Peace River. Might be findable, but it'll take some research. LatLon used is arbitrary | P? | invertebrates-cnidaria-corals;;(others) | BC0125 | https://archive.org/stream/reportprogressg05canagoog/reportprogressg05canagoog_djvu.txt | 55.9,-123.9,,AGk55? | | | $* | ||||
Hudsons Hope(WillistonLake) | Peace River RD | BC | At Williston Lake | MZ-T | invertebrates-mollusks | BC0071 | 56.0322,-121.9043,,AHh44 | | | $* | |||||
Kakwa-Sukunka | Peace River RD | BC | NE BC | Ol | Monkman Quartzite | ichnofossils-burrows_invertebrate-Skolithos | BC0101 | http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/send-pdf.cgi?toledo1116014816 | 54.8640,-121.5527,location:Sukunka Peak.BC,AGl15 | | | $* | |||
Ottertail Ridge | Peace River RD | BC | 19km W of junction of Nabesche River and Emerslund Creek 56d15m49N 123d26m13W Amoco Location 14055 | D | Kakisa | invertebrates-cnidaria-corals | BC0109 | Phillipsastreid Corals from the Frasnian (Upper Devonian) of Western Canada: Taxonomy and Biostratigraphic Significance Ross A. McLean | 56.2636,-123.4369,,AKm72 | | | $* | |||
Taylor | Peace River RD | BC | K | invertebrates(marine)-mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea | BC0072 | 56.1526,-120.6817,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Tumbler Ridge(TRMF) | Peace River RD | BC | Museum with displays. Trackways. Triassic and Quaternary fossils. Peace Region Palaeontology Research Centre + Dinosaur Discovery Gallery, 255 Murray Drive, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, 1(250)242-3466 | BC0133,BC0141 | https://www.trmf.ca | 55.1347,-120.9925,,AKM72 | | | , | ||||||
Lasqueti Island | Powell River RD | BC | K | invertebrates-mollusks | BC0110 | http://www.gulfislandsguide.com/history/lasqueti.htm | 49.4889,-124.3546,,AKm72 | | | $* | |||||
Cumshewa Inlet | Skeena-Queen Charlotte RD | BC | Queen Charlotte Island | K | Haida | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea-Desmoceras | BC0073 | 53.0495,-131.7867,,AHh44 | | | $* | ||||
Queen Charlotte Islands | Skeena-Queen Charlotte RD | BC | lakebed deposits in sea cliffs | PE | plants | BC0074 | 52.9995,-132.0034,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||
Skidegate Inlet | Skeena-Queen Charlotte RD | BC | Queen Charlotte Island | J | Yakoun | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea-Teloceras | BC0075 | 53.2328,-132.0034,,AHh44 | | | $* | ||||
Fossil Pass | Squamish-Lillooet RD | BC | - | BC0117 | http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/MABRB | 50.5278,-122.9362,,AIm73? | | | $* | ||||||
Red Mountain | Squamish-Lillooet RD? | BC | in Pennsylvanian Lower Limestones | PN | invertebrates-brachiopoda-Gigantoproductus;bryozoa,cnidaria-coelenterata | BC0076 | Original says Whatcom County. There is no Whatcom County in BC,but there is one across the border in WA. See BC0015 | 49.0497,-120.9692,,AGl15 | | | $* | ||||
Fossil Peak | Stikine RD | BC | age and nature of fossils(if any) is unknown | - | BC0115 | 57.5683,-128.8381,,AHm73? | | | $* | ||||||
Shelter Pt | Strathcona RD | BC | Near Campbell River in Concretions | K | Spray | invertebrates-arthropoda-crustacea-decapoda-Longusorbis | BC0083 | 50.0042,-125.1617,,AHh44 | | | $* | ||||
Howe Sound | Sunshine Coast RD | BC | a few ammonoidea in roof pendant shales | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea | BC0077 | 49.4163,-123.3860,,AHh44 | | | $*BC0078 | ||||||
Howe Sound | Sunshine Coast RD | BC | in roof pendant shales | invertebrates-mollusks-cephalopoda-ammonoidea(sparse) | BC0078 | 49.4163,-123.3860,,AKm73 | | | $*BC0077 | ||||||
Ashcroft | Thompson-Nicola RD | BC | {1} | invertebrates-brachiopoda,conodonts,mollusks-bivalvia,cephalopoda-ammonoidea,belemnoidea;;;plants-(microflora),(pollen),pteridophyta-(ferns) | BC0079 | 50.7372,-121.2713,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Hat Creek | Thompson-Nicola RD | BC | {1} | plants(amber) | BC0080 | 50.8831,-121.4026,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
Jackass Mountain(Area) | Thompson-Nicola RD | BC | Area exposures | K | invertebrates-mollusks-bivalvia-Aucella | BC0104 | An American Geological Railway Guide p80 | 50.0899,-121.4722,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||
Kamloops Lake | Thompson-Nicola RD | BC | E | Tranquille | vertebrates-fish-actinopterygii-Eohiodon | BC0081 | 50.7590,-120.6683,,AKm73 | | | $*BC0111 | |||||
Kamloops Lake(RedPt) | Thompson-Nicola RD | BC | near Red Point in Tranquille beds | E | vertebrates-fish-actinopterygii-Eohiodon | BC0111 | http://live.tolweb.org/Eohiodon_rosei/15141 | 50.7590,-120.6683,,AKm73 | | | $*BC0081 | ||||
Little Fort | Thompson-Nicola RD | BC | {1} | plants(leaves)-pteridophyta-(ferns) | BC0045 | 51.4254,-120.2048,,AKm73 | | | $* | ||||||
McAbee Fossil Beds | Thompson-Nicola RD | BC | World Heritage Site-No Access, No Collecting | El | invertebrates-arthropoda-insecta(55Taxa);;plants(41Taxa),vertebrates-fish(3Taxa) | BC0121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAbee_Fossil_Beds | 50.797183, -121.14115,,AKm73 | | | $*BC0041 | ||||
Paul Lake | Thompson-Nicola RD | BC | invertebrates-echinoderms-crinoids | BC0082 | 50.7331,-120.1192,,AKm73 | | | $* | |||||||
Section House(?) | Thompson-Nicola RD | BC | Area exposures of coal roughly 16km S of Lytton. A section house is a RR facility. Presumably this one was somewhere in the Kanaka Bar, Falls Creek area | MI | plants | BC0105 | An American Geological Railway Guide p80 | 50.0894,-121.5555,,AKm73 | | | $* |
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