Tumbler Ridge
A Mining Town Beside Waterfalls And Mountains, Known For A UNESCO Global Geopark With Dinosaur Trackways, Kinuseo Falls, Monkman Provincial Park And The Quality Creek Area, A Rare Place Where Visitors Can See Real Dinosaur Footprints. A Growing Geotourism Destination In The Peace Foothills · Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia
Tumbler Ridge is a small mountain town of about 2,000 people in the Rocky Mountain foothills of north-east British Columbia, about 90 to 100 km south of Chetwynd on Highway 29. The Treaty 8 First Nations, including the Saulteau and West Moberly peoples, have long hunted and travelled these valleys. The town was built in the early 1980s for the coal mines, and it has since found a second life as a centre of geotourism. The Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark, recognised by UNESCO, protects ancient trackways, bone beds and dramatic canyons, and in 2000 a boy discovered real dinosaur footprints beside a creek (confirm the details). Visitors can walk to trackways, tour a museum and drive to Kinuseo Falls, a thundering waterfall higher than Niagara that few Alaska Highway travellers ever see. Monkman Provincial Park and endless foothill peaks surround the town, which keeps a friendly, outdoorsy feel.
Tumbler Ridge, a town of about 2,000 people in the Rocky Mountain foothills of north-east British Columbia, about 90 km south of Chetwynd on Highway 29; coordinates approximate, Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
The town and the surrounding trails are open all year, and the park roads, lookouts and many trailheads cost nothing at any hour. The dinosaur discovery gallery or museum keeps seasonal hours, often daily from about late May to early September and shorter days in winter (confirm by phone). The Kinuseo Falls road and campground are usually accessible from about June to September, depending on snow and washouts. Summer light lasts past 10 pm. Winter brings snow, snowmobilers and reduced services.