Coming Up
FRIDAY JUNE 12, 2026
Unlike our usual meeting venue, we’ll be meeting at the Gneiss Guy‘s warehouse in Fergus this month!
Please join us at Gneiss Guy Minerals in Fergus for our annual BBQ! Ken Dardano has been kind enough to invite us for another BBQ where he has offered to provide burgers and beverages. You’re asked to bring some finger foods – it’s OK, they don’t have to be healthy 😉 – to complement the meal. After eating, you’re invited to tour the warehouse; lots of fascinating fossils and minerals for sale inside!
The BBQ starts at 6:00 pm, see you there!
We will be on our Summer Break for July & August (it’s peak field trip season!) – we’ll see you back at the usual time and place in September!
Looking Back, 2026
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 for 2027 to do it again!
