This is an excellent site for Cretaceous dinosaur fossils. Once a semi-tropical coastal plain, now the dry badlands erode rapidly with every rainfall, continuously revealing new fossils, many of which have been reassembled at major museums. While there’s camping and a self-drive loop, the majority of fossils are only seen on guided tours. That’s great, because the guides let you sit right among the fossils and even pick some small items up carefully, before returning them to the site. I held a 75 million year old T-Rex tooth in the palm of my hand—one of my favorite WHS experiences: https://zct.life/2023/08/11/dinosaur .

Compared to other fossil sites, this site is welcoming, accessible and hand-on. I learned a great deal from the guide, including skills like how to look for, find, and identify fossils which I have used with some success elsewhere. While Dinosaur National Monument in the US has some exceptional exhibits, such as a fossil wall, and is in a beautiful large park, I enjoyed the Canadian WHS due to the personal interaction. Here you feel like a paleontologist, and maybe you’ll discover something new when you visit.