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Mark your calendars! We are excited to announce that the Tumbler Ridge UNESCO Global Geopark will be holding its first Annual Fishing Derby from June 28-30, 2019. The goal of the event is to promote awareness of the fishing opportunities around Tumbler Ridge. All proceeds from this year’s event will re-invested to enhance our programs…
Statement Regarding the Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark Society, the Northern Mountain Caribou Recovery Situation, and our Relationships with Stakeholders The Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark Society is truly a ground-up organization with deep roots in the community of Tumbler Ridge. We feel it is important to balance our mandates to support tourism and economic development, responsible…
Our AGM scheduled this year for July 31, 2018. It will be held in the basement of the Visitor Information Center at 6:00pm, followed by a regular board meeting. If you are thinking of running for a position on the board, a nomination form is attached. Please have them into the Executive Director, Sarah Waters…
Job Title: Staff Geoscientist Status: Full time contract (35 hours/week) Remuneration: $55,000 – $60,000 Job Description: The Staff Earth Scientist’s role is to research and interpret the natural earth heritage of the Tumbler Ridge UNESCO Global Geopark. The Geopark is a dynamic organization that aims to share the stories of our rich geo heritage with…
The CSPG featured our friend’s at Stonehammer UNESCO Global Geopark in their most recent edition of Reservoir. This is fantastic exposure for Canadian Geoparks from the premier organization of Canadian Energy Geoscientists. The article does a great job of recognizing the wide purview and reach of Geoparks stating, “They developed as much more than places…
We’re happy to share this article from Antropology Today on the Northeast BC Region. Professor of Anthropology Anna Willow has done a great job covering a huge time frame from the Dane-zaa, Cree and Saulteau people, through the first western explorers, the modern resource extraction in the area and finally the Site C dam. Many…
Our Social media team did some fantastic work today and celebrated some of the wonderful women who make Tumbler Ridge so special. Here is an archive of our celebration of those ladies! If you haven’t already go visit our Facebook page and like us!
We’re excited to share this article that Earth Magazine has just published on the Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark’s history. They do a great job of highlighting our many attractions. Click here to read the article on http://www.earthmagazine.org. Some excerpts: “For the more adventurous, there is the hike to see the Stone Corral. Identified…
We are excited to announce the date and time for this year’s AGM. We’ll be meeting April 21st – 6pm at the PRPRC in Tumbler Ridge. If you have any questions or concerns please get in touch with our manager, Sarah Waters.
Our official videographer strikes again! This time capturing a team summiting the mighty Kinuseo Falls. Normally not very accessible in the winter this team was lucky the road was still passable. Our official videographer Above Tumbler Ridge also took the time to publish a behind the scenes video which can be viewed below.
