Brule, Nova Scotia

Brule is a Canadian rural community located in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.

Located on the Northumberland Strait 6 kilometres east of the village of Tatamagouche near the county boundary, the community is situated on the southern shore of Brule Harbour opposite Brule Point.

Fossils

Brule is famous for numerous fossil discoveries dating to 290 mya, in the late Triassic or early Jurassic Period. The Brule Fossil Museum contains examples of local finds.

Brule in Nova Scotia

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.

See also

• Walchia
• Mistaken Point, older fossils in Newfoundland and Labrador

External links

• Brule, Nova Scotia Fossil Trackway Centre
• Use of Walchia sp. to analyze trackways

Coordinates: 45°42′26.1″N 63°1′39.8″W / 45.707250°N 63.027722°W / 45.707250; -63.027722