A guide to the permanent samples and guest rocks on display at the Park.

Display Rock 1: Marble

High temperature transformation.

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Display Rock 2: Gneiss

Continents on the move.

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Display Rock 3: Gneiss

High pressure folding.

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Display Rock 4: Gneiss

World’s greatest mountain chain in our backyard.

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Display Rock 5: Mafic Gneiss

Northern delivery.

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Display Platform 6: Guest Rocks

Visitors from near and far.

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Display Rock 7: Limestone

Local stromatolite structures.

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Display Rock 8: Limestone

Local stromatolite structures.

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Display Rock 9: Limestone

Local stromatolite structures.

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Display Rock 10: Limestone

Vugs, crystals and more.

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Display Rock 11: Sandstone

Nepean georescue.

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Display Rock 12: Sandstone12-Th

Canadian first.

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Display Rock 13: Limestone13-Th

Tropical treasures.

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Display Rock 14: Dolostone

Trace fossils.

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Display Rock 15: Limestone

Ordovician biodiversity.

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Display Rock 16: Limestone

Paleozoic predators.

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Display Rock 17: Sandstone

When the sea dried up.

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Display Rock 18: Sandstone

Wave formed ripple marks. 

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Display Rock 19: Dolostone

Fossil free.

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Display Rock 20: Sandstone

Ocean currents.

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Display Rock 21: Dolostone

Ice age features.

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Display Rock 22: Diabase

Molten intrusion. 

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