Cabox Aspiring Geopark

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

 

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