Live Lecture: Adventures with A Juvenile Elasmosaur

Event type: In-person

Time and Date: Tuesday, May 10, 7 pm

Location: Rotary Gallery of the Courtenay and District Museum

Speaker: Pat Trask, Natural History Curator

Tickets: $5 for Historical Society members; $6 for general public. Advance tickets recommended. Tickets can be purchased over the phone by calling 250-334-0686 ext 2.

The summer of 2020 was a time of discovery for the Courtenay and District Museum. The bones of a juvenile elasmosaur were discovered in the bank of the Trent River. Thanks to museum staff and community volunteers, this 85 million year old fossil was safely delivered from a 12 m high cliff to the Courtenay Museum. Rescued from certain loss due to erosion, this important specimen took two months to excavate and several months of careful cleaning and preparation.