Event

Minerals of Quebec - Storymap Exploration

Sunday, February 7, 2021 10:00to11:00
Redpath Museum 859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C4, CA
Price: 
FREE zoom presentation.

A family friendly dig into some of Quebec’s heritage quarries and the minerals associated with these sites.

Learn about the Vesuvianite from the Jeffrey Mine and the world famous mineral types found at Mont Saint-Hilaire. Bring your own rocks and stones so that we can all share our mineral treasures after the storymap presentation.

Photo by Anthony H.: Analcime, a mineral found at Mont Saint-Hilaire (and on exhibit at the Redpath Museum!).

Moderated and led by Ingrid Birker (Redpath Museum Public Program).

In English. Suitable for a family audience.

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Land Acknowledgement

McGill University is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

The Redpath Museum's director EDI statement.

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