Cabox Aspiring Geopark spans the Bay of Islands Ophiolites.
and adjacent sections of ancient North America’s continental shelf, slope and rise. Geologists have referred to this section of Newfoundland’s Appalachian Miogeocline as the Galapagos of Plate Tectonics, because of the role it played in confirming the modern theory of plate tectonics.
Contact details:
Chairman- Paul Wylezol
Telephone- 709-634-7407
Address: 93 West Street, Suite 319, Corner Brook, NL, Canada, A2H 2Y6
Email: caboxgeopark@gmail.com
Website: www.caboxgeopark.org
Cabox Aspiring Geopark worked closely with the Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador throughout this project. Find out more here: http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/nr/mines/geoscience/aboutus/overview.html