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May 10th 2016
Published: June 25th 2017
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Geo: 51.461, -112.707Back in the early days of her policing career, DH worked with a significant number of dinosaurs so she was eager to explore the former dinosaur playground in Drumheller. Theoretically this area holds abundant evidence (including a treasure trove of fossils) around the extinction of dinosaurs, but DH is convinced that many of them (including the relatively small brained Testost... Read Full Entry



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The region in Alberta is famous for rich deposits of fossils, including dinosaur bones, unearthed at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Dinosaur Provincial Park and showcased at the world-class Royal Tyrrell Museum.
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The Museum is named in honour of Joseph Burr Tyrrell, a geologist who accidentally discovered the first reported dinosaur fossil in the Red Deer River valley in 1884 while searching for coal seams.
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14th June 2016

WOW!!!
14th June 2016

Alberta turtle
14th June 2016

another audubon classification
14th June 2016

awesome
14th June 2016

holds six people or 2 Americans
14th June 2016

no vege-burgers?
14th June 2016

skinny jeans
14th June 2016

Some great pics of a truly spectacular area of Alberta. Love those hoodoos!
17th June 2016

I was a bit worried about being one of those 'dinosaurs' DH used to work with! I was also going to comment on the museum piece DH has been travelling with but I'll leave that for another time!
24th June 2016

Lovely...
24th June 2016

Nothing but First Class for this girl!!
24th June 2016

Someone has too much time on their hands...
24th June 2016

Thats pretty expensive for just a burger! But I'm sure they don't get the masses of Peeps there, so understandable.
24th June 2016

They're everywhere!
24th June 2016

Love exploring the Badlands!
24th June 2016

What do they do in Rush Hour?....Nevermind....
13th September 2016

wow this prob. brought you some memories. :)
13th September 2016

I think this system is worldwide.. as I know miners back home have something similar.
13th September 2016

tku for sharing a part of history that I would not known about it if you have not been there and shared. ..

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