Cabox Chairperson Paul Wylezol installs ophiolite panel on Saltbox Restaurant

On June 24, Cabox Aspiring Geopark installed its latest interpretive panel, entitled Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, near the entrance to Saltbox Restaurant and Geopark Information Center in Benoit’s Cove.

The panel, which was funded in part by the Canadian Geological Foundation (CGF), is located above a mini ophiolite rock garden containing samples from both earth’s mantle and ocean floor

and features maps and descriptions of all four ophiolite massifs

as well as rock types and flowers found in these unique landscapes.