Tumbler Ridge in Peace River, British Columbia — Canada’s West Coast (North America)

Cretaceous Trackway

B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), July 2, 2017

1. Cretaceous Trackway Marker

Inscription. In the summer of 2000, two young boys tubing down Flatbed Creek stumbled upon ankylosaur tracks - the longest dinosaur trackway in British Columbia at the time. This discovery was a turning point in the development of Tumbler Ridge and the Peace Region Palaeontology Research Centre, the first of its kind in British Columbia.

Erected 2017 by Province of British Columbia.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Paleontology • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 2000.

Location. 55° 6.863′ N, 120° 58.987′ W. Marker is in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, in Peace River. It is on Don Phillips Way (Provincial Highway 29) 0.8 kilometers west of Heritage Highway (Provincial Highway 52), on the left when traveling west. Marker is in the Flatbed Falls, Dinosaur Trackway and Overhanging Rock Trailhead pullout on the eastbound side. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tumbler Ridge BC V0C 2W0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern BC.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.

Regarding Cretaceous Trackway. The trackway was discovered by Mark Turner (then 11 years old), and Daniel Helm (8 years old at the time). It's not the only major paleontological discovery the Helm family has made. Carina Helm, Daniel's sister, found a rare tyrannosaurus footprint in Tumbler

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Ridge in 2015, and her and Daniel's father, Dr. Charles Helm, discovered 90,000-year-old human footprints in a South African cave in 2016. They and other family members have made numerous other discoveries as well.

Also see . . . Flatbed Cabin Pool Dinosaur Footprints (PDF). Trail brochure about the dinosaur tracks and subsequent paleontological discoveries in the creek bed and surrounding area, which is a UNESCO geopark. (Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark) (Submitted on February 17, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

An Ankylosaur footprint in Tumbler Ridge image. Click for full size.

Scott Lough via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), August 13, 2009

2. An Ankylosaur footprint in Tumbler Ridge

Credits. This page was last revised on February 17, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 10, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 414 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 10, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on February 17, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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