Urban fossils of Ottawa
Rideau Hall (Canada’s Governor General residence)
Rideau Hall (Canada’s Governor General residence)
Location: outer façade
Rock: limestone
Age: unknown
Fossils: bivalves, crinoids, gastropods and other small skeletal fragments
Information and photographs: Quentin Gall. Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
More information: A Walking Guide - Ottawa’s Building and Monument Stones
Detail of bioclastic limestone with bivalve, crinoids and lime mud (micrite) intraclasts
Detail showing bivalves, crinoids and gastropod fragments