Kitsilano Foreshore Project

Fossil Gallery

The images below are a collection of fossils that have been found in the Kitsilano Foreshore deposits. They range from dense accumulations of leaves to fruits, seed and even flowers. Click on the images to open them in a larger format.

Most of these fossils have either been preserved and added to the Below BC collection, or donated to researchers for additional study.

: Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

: Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

: Fossil Chestnut, Dunbar Street end

: Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

: Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

: Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

: Taxodium fossils

: Collection of branches and leaf remains, Dunbar Street end

: Chestnut (?) Flowers, Dunbar Street end

: Fossilized branch

: Taxodium fossils

: Fern (eastern beds)

: Small seed / fruit

: Detail of seed surface

: Unknown plant

: Fossil flowers (Wingnut?)

: Salix catkin

: Hazelnut (?) fossil

: Unknown fossil flowers

: Leaf fossil

: Chestnut and ?Hazelnut seed

: Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

: Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

: Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

: Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end