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DIGGING FOR DINOSAUR BONES
The very nature of the Red Deer River Valley means that every time it
rains, more dinosaur bones are uncovered. The Royal Tyrrell Museum
organizes various digs for budding palaeontologists, but you may just
make a discovery of your own if you visit the area.
Any items found on the surface and on private land can be kept with
the land-owner's permission. You can keep what you fi nd as a cus-
todian (ownership ultimately resides with the Province of Alberta),
but you cannot sell the fossil or take it out of the province without
permission.
Furthermore, fossils should never be removed from their original
stratigraphic position without fi rst mapping out that position, and you
need a permit to excavate fossils. These treasures are an important
part of the planet's history and should be treated as such.
DIGGING FOR
DINOSAUR BONES
AND OTHER
TREASURES
35 species of animals. A loop road and
two self-guided trails (the Cottonwood
Flats Trail and the Badlands Trail) pro-
vide a good summary introduction to
the park. Two exposed dinosaur skel-
etons left where they were discovered
can also be viewed.
Dinosaur Provincial
Park
Drumheller
Dinosaur Provincial Park offers ama-
teur palaeontologists the opportunity to
walk through the land of the dinosaurs.
Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site
in 1979, this nature preserve harbours a
wealth of information on these formid-
able former inhabitants of the planet.
Today, the park is home to more than
The main attractions in Drumheller are
located along the Dinosaur Trail and
the Hoodoo Trail (see below); they
include the Royal Tyrrell Museum of
Palaeontology and the famous hoo-
doos. Erosion in the Red Deer River
Valley has uncovered dinosaur bones
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