Yoho National Park

Burgess Shale Exhibits

Burgess Shale touch table
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The Yoho Visitor Centre in Field, British Columbia hosts interactive exhibits about the Burgess Shale. Explore the undersea world that existed here more than half a billion years ago on the interactive touch table, check out the Friends of Yoho store for Burgess Shale products, explore hands on trivia activities, and see real fossils extracted from a Burgess Shale fossil bed. Open daily. Public restrooms on site.

While visiting Emerald Lake be sure to stroll a short distance pass the boat house on the Emerald lake trail to a Burgess Shale exhibit and viewing area. Here you can use a scope to view the actual Walcott Quarry site, 400 metres above on the slopes of Mt Field.

Unable to visit in person?

Visit the Burgess Shale exhibit in the Virtual Museum of Canada. 

Or take an audio Burgess Shale hike with heritage guide, Claudia Harding.