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Diving for fossils - Lake Cowhichan - Jean, Betty & Mike
Ben Morin's first ammonite find from Haida Gwaii
Escalante Sunset – Last fossil of the day
Jay Hawley, finished preparing Eupachydiscus ammonite
Jay and Amy on a field trip to the west coast
Betty and Jean at Camp Escalante
Hornby Island Field Trip with students
James, Pat, Dan & Jay carrying out plaster jacket
of juvenile Elasmosaur from Trent River
Dan, Cory, Heidi, John, Rod & Ken
Kapoose Rocks – Jim & John
Jay Hawley, finished preparing Eupachydiscus ammonite
Dan and Betty social distancing on Puntledge River
Kapoose Rock – Cadoceras – Jurassic Period
Just Fishin'
Naomi - Diplomoceras
Betty & Pati at Escalante 2022
Betty, Pati, Dan & Diana, Escalante Trip 2022
Dan & Pati, Escalante Trip 2022
Megakos, Eocene Crab Fossil
Megakos, Eocene Crab Fossil
Quilchena, BC
Blastoid, Cowichan Lake
Grassy Island, West Coast, BC Jurassic
Riff Creek, Port Alberni Area
First Trilobite found on Vancouver Island
Jurassic Cycad Seeds, Haida Gwaai
Jurassic Radiolarians, Haida Gwaai
Gastropods, Upper Cretaceous
Haslam Formation
Pleuramatra sp.
Upper Cretaceous, Vancouver Island
Welcome to our website
The Vancouver Island Paleontological Society (VIPS) is a non-profit society of professional and amateur paleontologists based in Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada.
The Society was formed after the discovery of a large marine reptile called an Elasmosaur along the banks of the Puntledge River.
The 80 million year old fossilized skeleton was found by Mike Trask and his daughter Heather in 1988.
Upcoming Field Trips and Lectures for 2023
To the members of the VIPS:
The VIPS plans to have field trip each month.
We also have a VIPS meeting on the second Wednesday of each month.
All are welcome.
Most field trips leave from VIPS 's President Dan Bowen's place.
Please call him: 250-897-5026 and/or meet at 2120 Stewart Ave.,
Courtenay, BC.
I will update the events periodically based on weather or conflicts.
For all presentations zoom link directly from www.fossiltalksandfieldtrips.com
Events will be update periodically at the VIPS Facebook Page.
January 15th, Sunday at 2:00 pm/ Grant Zazula • Woolly Mammoths Remains from the Yukon & Extinct Arctic Mammals.
Feb 19th, Sunday log in 1:30/lecture at 2:00pm/ Sandy McLachlan
• Dinoflagellate Cysts — Serendipity & British Columbia's first K-Pg Boundary Interval.
March 5th, Sunday at 2 pm PST • VIPS AGM Election of directors and presentation VIPS “Year in Review” Field trips and presentations
with Dan Bowen. AGM via Zoom - check your email for invite.
*March, 12th Sunday • Group visit to the Hand of man Museum in Duncan. Fee at door $20. For adults.
Time 10:00 am -5:00 pm. Call to confirm.
April 9th Sunday • Field Trip #1 to Hornby Island catch the 9:00 ferry from Buckley Bay, Low tide 2:00 noon at 1.0 m/ Phipps Point exposures. Meet me in Dans or at 8:15am or at 8:45 for the 9:00 am ferry. Easy.
"Evolution is life to continue"
Anonymous, November 14, 1999
Did you know?
The oldest rocks on Vancouver Island are Devonian in age (ca. 370 m.y.) and include
sea-floor and terrestrial volcanic rocks as well
as some limestone of the Sicker and Buttle Lake Groups.
Introduction to Paleontology
Courtenay Museum
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