Brule, Nova Scotia

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Brule, Nova Scotia is a community west of New Glasgow on the Northumberland Strait, in north-central Nova Scotia.

Brule is famous for its fossil discoveries, of about 290 mya, in the late Triassic or early Jurassic Period. An Interpretive Centre contains examples of the fossils.

[edit] Brule fossil forest

The Brule fossil forest is composed of the ancient tree species: Walchia sp. The forest contains fallen logs, as well as about 90 in-situ-(standing) tree trunks, and leaflets or branch fossils. The 'Brule Forest' is the only example of standing trees, or in-situ tree-trunks of Walchia.

Four-footed, tetrapod animal fossil trackways are also found in the fossil rich rocks.

There is a museum at Brule displaying these fossils, called the Brule Fossil Center.