Walk a Fossil Reef
Ontario Trails Events
| Event: | Walk a Fossil Reef |
| Trail: | Gordon's Park Trail |
| Date: | 2018-08-31 to 2020-08-31 |
| Abstract: | Enjoy hiking through the diverse ecosystems of Gordon’s Park in the heart of a hardwood forest. |
| Type: | Hike |
| Time: | See event website |
| Location: | 18777 Hwy 6 Manitoulin Island |
| Online URL: | http://gordonspark.com/onsiteactivities/ |
| Cost: | See website |
HIKING TRAILS
Enjoy hiking through the diverse ecosystems of Gordon’s Park in the heart of a hardwood forest. Observe and listen to the beauty of nature around the pond, up the escarpment, in the swamp, and throughout the meadows. Watch for wildlife viewing opportunities – local species include various songbirds, hawks, partridges, deer, porcupines, foxes, and wolves.
Gordon’s Park is fortunate to house a prehistoric fossil reef from 450,000,000 years ago, filled with specimens from a variety of different corals and undersea critters from that time period. See fossils such as invertebrate corals [tabulates (colonial) and rugose (solitary)], stromatoporoids, bryozoans, and echinoderms (crinoids), molluscs (nautiloids, bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods), brachiopods, echinoderms (crinoids), and more on the ancient reef in the park. Read More…
For more information please visit our website at: www.gordonspark.com
