Geologist Peter Hews will give a presentation to the Sunshine Coast Naturalists Society on Friday, Jan. 5, describing an extended visit to the beautiful and unique Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland.
If you have ever wanted to experience Gros Morne National Park or drive the Viking Trail to St. Anthony on the northern peninsula of western Newfoundland, then here is your opportunity to do so. Hews and his wife Ev visited western Newfoundland just over a year ago and will share the trip with a slide show presentation.
While Gros Morne National Park was certainly a highlight of the trip, they included a visit to the 1,000-year-old Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows, just beyond St. Anthony.
Peter Hews has been a geologist in the oil and gas industry for over 37 years and is based in Calgary. Approximately a decade ago, he discovered a previously unknown dinosaur, now named Regaliceratops peterhewski, protruding from a cliff in the Oldman River in southern Alberta.
His heart, however, really belongs to the Sunshine Coast area, which he discovered approximately 26 years ago, where he and his wife Ev have built a summer home, a little bit of paradise, which he solemnly keeps secret from the rest of Alberta.
The presentation will take place in the Sechelt Arts Centre, located at Medusa and Trail in Sechelt, starting at 7:30 p.m. Coffee and cookies will be served. Visitors are welcomed.
– Submitted by Russ Tkachuk
