The Kawartha Rock & Fossil Club
Located in Beautiful Peterborough, Ontario
What a great trip it was. We did not have to carry anything in . Bill brought his ATV and loaded it up. Chantel,Rob, Bill and I had a good time. We got Betafite,Apatite,Amphibole and a bit of Fluorite. The blackflies were out but not biting and the sun was warm .On the way in […]
The three of us,Sue Kehoe,Bill Cripps and I left Peterborough at 5 am.We arrived one hour early and had a warming coffee at Tim’s . At 8.30 am a big group of collectors including Bob Beckett (surprise) signed in and after safety talk we drove in convoy in the Lincoln Quarry .Soon there was the […]
The trip in the Malone Marble Quarry was joint by 3 different clubs. 6 members from Kawartha, 4 from Picton and 4 from Kingston club. We was lucky,the gate was open and we could drive all the way to the back dump . A lot of rocks was busted and material checked out for minerals […]
On the 20th of April 5 of us braved the cold wind and a few snowflakes,to collect fossils at the speed skating oval in Lakefield. Lots of fossils there.Stan Nowicki got the permission for us to go there .It was a good trip, 5 trilobites found .One Ceraurus and four Flexicalymene senaria .Part of a […]
R. N. Betcher M. Sc. P. Geo. Hydrogeologist Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority BIO Bob Betcher is a Manitoba native who has recently moved to southern Ontario to take up a position as the hydrogeologist with the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority, fulfilling a promise he made to his wife 37 years ago that they would eventually […]
With today`s ice storm there is a lot of tree damage in Norwood, especially on the street where our Auction Centre is located. Just up the street from us there was a major event earlier when a main hydro feeder line went down. Lots of noise, smoke, flames and arcing. Good chance of a man made […]