Alberta Palaeontological Society

The Meeting Place for Amateur and Professional Palaeontologists

Field Trip

Fossils-in-Tyndall Building Stone, Walking tour, Calgary, AB

Saturday, September 6, 2025

Once again, Tako Koning has agreed to conduct his popular tour of Calgary structures adorned in Ordovician-aged Red River Formation limestone originally quarried in Tyndall, Manitoba. See impressively preserved fossils of corals, gastropods, nautiloids and receptaculitid algae at Calgary landmarks like the historic Bank of Montreal building. This will be a walking tour of several buildings in downtown Calgary, the community of Kensington and the SAIT campus and is suitable for all ages. The fee is $10.

To register for this and any other trips, download and complete the field trip permission form.

Registration deadline is September 1.