Miguasha National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park of Quebec
About Miguasha National Park
The park protects an important fossil site on a cliff overlooking La Baie-des-Chaleurs. Miguasha National Park is considered to be the world's greatest palaeontological record of fossils from the Devonian Period, known as the 'Age of Fishes'. Five of the six main fossil fish groups from this period (dating from 370 million years ago) can be found here. A great quantity of some of the best-preserved fossil specimens of lobe-finned fish, ancestors to the tetrapods (believed to be the first four-legged air-breathing terrestrial vertebrates), were found here. Reception, self-guided tour and shop are open: Guided tours are available: Accessibility: the following buildings offer access to the mobility impaired: The fossil site was discovered in 1842, by Abraham Gesner (1797–1864), a geologist a
Top Attractions in Miguasha National Park
Explore the best things to see and do in Miguasha National Park:
- ★Evolution of Life trail
- ★Miguasha Natural History Museum
Miguasha National Park Travel Guide Sections
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