Canada Day

Canada Day. It was unusual for us. We spend our time hunting for the fossils in Eganville organized by Ottawa U and Eganville city museum http://www.bonnechere.ca/. This tiny city (1000 and something people), is famous for the Ordovician fossils. This miniature city named itself the Fossil Capital of Canada. These fossils were created after the disappearances of a tropical sea that covered Canada around 450.000000 years ago. During these times the sea contained pretty simple life: corals, articulate brachiopods, bivalves, cystoids, gastropods, nautiloid cephalopods, bryozoa, and crinoids not even fish.

The Fossils are part of the limestones that are used for city decoration. Pretty amassing, I need to tell you.  Eganville has a very cozy and pretty city museum with great friendly people.

They introduced us to the fossils world and Eganville history, served us Canada Day cake, and prearranged a boat trip along the water shore of Bonnechere River.

 Mr. Chris Hinsperger  (fossil man)

Chris owns Bonnechere caves http://www.bonnecherecaves.com/, 

it is not Luray Cavern - God architectural creation

but pretty interesting anyway.  

Вот такие окаменелости в Иганвиле.

А этот красавец на веки остался в пещере.

Выход из пещеры

Еще один разлом земляной

 А вот такой красавец с роскошными усами устроился на отдых на моей не менее роскошной выпуклости. Кстати не в первый раз насекомые, птицы и мелкая живность типа бурундуков присаживаются кто куда. К чему бы это?

Вот такие странности разьезжают по Оттаве.

We found more than 100 fossils. С другой стороны самые интересные окаменелости того же периода мы нашли у нас в саду и на острове Петри http://www.petrieisland.org/.

In the evening: fireworks.