McAbee fossil site receives heritage designation
Channel: GovernmentofBC
Date: 2012-07-21

The future of the McAbee fossil site is secure, now that the world-renowned fossil beds have been formally designated as a Heritage Site, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced on July 19, 2012.  The fossil beds represent a paleontological gold mine of exceptionally preserved fossils from the Eocene epoch (56 to 34 million years ago). Many fossils being discovered are entirely new to science.

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