Brule, Nova Scotia Explained

Brule is a rural community located in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.^[1]

Located on Amet Sound an embayment of 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 was the site of numerous fossil discoveries dating to 290 mya, in the Early Permian Period. Examples of these finds are now housed at the Creamery Square Heritage Centre in nearby Tatamagouche.^[2]

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.^[3]

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
• Brule Fossils Museum

45.7073°N -63.0277°W

Notes and References

1. CAFJL. Brule. October 30, 2021.
2. Web site: Brule Fossils . Creamery Square Heritage Centre . October 30, 2021. en-CA.
3. Van Allen . Howard E.K. . Calder . John H. . Hunt . Adrian P. . The trackway record of a tetrapod community in a Walchian conifer forest from the permo-carboniferous of Nova Scotia . Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science . 2005 . 30 . 322 . October 30, 2021 . New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.