Brule, Nova Scotia
Brule is a Canadian rural community located in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
Located on the Northumberland Strait 6 kilometres east of the village of Tatamagouche near the county boundary, the community is situated on the southern shore of Brule Harbour opposite Brule Point.
[edit] Fossils
Brule is famous for numerous fossil discoveries dating to 290 mya, in the late Triassic or early Jurassic Period. The Brule Fossil Museum contains examples of local finds.
The Brule fossil forest is composed of the ancient tree species: Walchia sp. The forest contains fallen logs, as well as about 90 in-situ-(standing) tree trunks, and leaflets or branch fossils. The 'Brule Forest' is the only example of standing trees, or in-situ tree-trunks of Walchia.
Four-footed, tetrapod animal fossil trackways are also found in the fossil rich rocks.
[edit] See also
- Walchia
- Mistaken Point, older fossils in Newfoundland and Labrador
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 45°42′26.1″N 63°1′39.8″W / 45.70725°N 63.027722°W
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