JANUARY 9, 2026
Our annual competition! Categories included Fossils, Lapidary & Rock Art, Gemstones, Purchased and Self-Collected specimens, among others!

FEBRUARY 13, 2026
Our own Tom Hart, geologist, gave a talk on “Rocks & Minerals of Northern Ontario – Odd Occurrences.

MARCH 13, 2026
Unfortunately, we had to cancel our meeting due to inclement weather. Beth Gilhespy was to give a talk on “The Geology of the Saugeen (Bruce) Peninsula in Five Hikes”, but we’ll have to reschedule!

APRIL 10, 2026
Prof. Philip McCausland from Western University gave a fascinating talk on “Canadian Fireballs and Meteorites”. You can do almost anything with math, including trace trajectories (forwards and backwards) and estimate the mass of meteors! Phil and Jeff brought some meteorite specimens to look at too.

MAY 9, 2026
We successfully rescheduled Beth Gilhespy who gave a talk on “The Geology of the Saugeen (Bruce) Peninsula in Five Hikes“.
Beth took us through the Saugeen (Bruce) Peninsula’s remarkable story via five spectacular hikes from her book Walking Through Time: Exploring the Geology of the Saugeen (Bruce) Peninsula. From ancient tropical seas and fossil-rich dolostone cliffs, to glacial landforms and karst landscapes, each hike reveals how the past 450 million years of geological history has shaped the Peninsula we know today.

MAY 10, 2026
We had a spectacular turnout for our annual Gem & Mineral Show! We had a great time; lots of excellent specimens for sale by a whole host of different vendors! We can’t wait to do it again in 2027.

JUNE 20 & 21, 2026
We had a great time on our first field trip of the year! Thank you to Reymond and Jim for taking us to the Schickler & Desmont sites on Saturday, and the Dark Star Crystal Mine on Sunday. Mick and Mark were excellent guides at Dark Star; we were able to explore a bunch of really fascinating fissures.