Prehistoric Island Tours

Only six days left until the first tour of the 2021 season! Looking for a fun activity to do this coming weekend? There is still plenty of room on the 8am and 5pm tours on both Saturday and Sunday. Visit www.prehistoricislandtours.ca for more details. The stairs have also been installed this weekend for both locals and participants. Thank you Dave MacNeil!

DATING ROCKS (finding their age, not dinner and a movie) PEI’s sedimentary rocks approximately range in age from 310 290 million years old. But how do we know this? How do we know the age of ANY rocks we find on Earth? ...Continue reading

Thank you SO much to everyone that participated in the contest! Your tremendous support has allowed me to choose TWO WINNERS! Congratulations to Tamsyn Cosh MacKenzie and Mary Beaulac, you have both won four free passes to a tour date and time of your choosing! I will Facebook message you to share how to redeem your prize. Keep an eye out for future contests, and I look forward to seeing you this summer.... Tours start May 15th!

Ever wonder what the differences between archaeology, paleontology, and geology are? Look no further! Here on PEI we often interchange the terms archaeology and paleontology, but really they aren't interchangeable, and actually refer to very specific studies of science that usually don't overlap. Here's why: Archaeology - the study of past humans, their civilizations and cultures... Paleontology - the study of the history of ALL life on Earth, excluding humans. Macroscopic (LARGE) life has been on Earth for about 600 million years, but humans have only been here for about 275,000 years. That leaves 599.725 million years of animal life and evolution that needs to be studied. An easy way to remember: Archaeologists - Humans Paleontologists - No humans Archaeologists/anthropologists - last 1 million years Paleontologists - older than 1 million years There is a bit of overlap between the two when it comes to studying the last ice age, as ancient extinct animals like mammoths lived alongside humans as recent as 3,000 years ago. However here on PEI paleontology and archaeology really don't have any overlap. Prehistoric Island Tours focuses solely on paleontology and geology, because our bedrock preserves ancient landscapes that existed here 300 million years ago! We hear the term archaeology quite often on the Island because we have a fantastic archaeology department with the province of PEI and many amazing archaeological sites. Now I'm going to confuse you more. There is no geology department with the province, so if you find a fossil of significance you must contact the archaeology department and your find will be put into great hands. That means, if you find an artefact OR a fossil of PEI, you contact the same people: the archaeology department. Take some pictures of your find, leave it where it is, and email [email protected]. If you hear a friend refer to fossils as the study of archaeology, maybe just give them a gentle reminder that it is actually the study of paleontology. It really does help to eliminate the confusion around the two!

It's a big one folks. SHARE THIS POST to be entered in a draw for 4 FREE TOUR PASSES! Passes can be used for either adult or youth participants. Draw date will be next Friday, April 30th at 6:00pm.... Passes must be used during the 2021 tour season. If you have already purchased passes, you can still share and if you are chosen, receive a refund instead! Visit www.prehistoricislandtours.ca for more information on our tours and how to book. Best of luck and see you this summer!

With all of this talk about prehistoric tours, I bet you're curious what we do on one! Visit the "What's In a Tour" page on our website to find out what activities we do and topics we discuss. Not mentioned are my terrible jokes you will be forced to listen to.... Tours are informal, kid-friendly, and tons of fun! Book a tour now and join me for this one-of-a-kind experience. Only 25 days until tours start! https://www.prehistoricislandtours.ca/whats-in-a-tour