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                                                                               C & D Canal

                  Delaware City, DE

September 27, 2009 (Sunday): C&D Canal Fossil Collecting Trip.  This is a family friendly fieldtrip to the North Reedy Point spoil area along the C&D Canal just outside of Delaware City in New Castle County, DE.  Fossils include: Cretaceous belemnites, oysters, and microfossils.  Bring a sifting box and small shovel, though fossils can also be collected from the surface sand.  We will meet at the C&D Canal at 1 PM.  Please sign up for the trip by September 24th


Sunday, March 29, 2009 – Fossil Collecting Trip to the C&D Canal, New Castle County, DE.  This is a family friendly field trip for DMS members to collect Cretaceous age fossils from the spoil piles at Reedy Point along the C&D Canal.  Please let me know if you would be interested in attending this trip!


Sunday, March 30, 2008 – Fossil Collecting Trip to the C&D Canal, New Castle County, DE. 
This is a family friendly field trip for DMS members to collect Cretaceous age fossils from the spoil piles at Reedy Point along the C&D Canal.  Please let me know if you would be interested in attending this trip!


Sunday, October 28, 2007 – Fossil Collecting Trip to the C&D Canal, New Castle County, DE
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This is a family friendly field trip for DMS members to collect Cretaceous age fossils from the spoil piles at Reedy Point along the C&D Canal.  Please let me know by October 26th if you would be interested in attending this trip!



Sunday, April 1, 2007 – Fossil Collecting Trip to the C&D Canal, New Castle County, DE
. Collect Cretaceous age fossils from the spoil piles at Reedy Point along the C&D Canal. Please let me know by March 25 if you would be interested in attending this trip!  Twenty members got to enjoy this trip (12 adults, 8 Junior members)!

 

May 15, 2004, Saturday: C & D Canal, Delaware City, DE.  Our trip to the canal yielded some nice fossil specimens.  We found Belemnite, the Delaware State Fossil, and various other marine invertebrates.

 

C & D Canal Fieldtrip Slide Show, 5-15-2004 (IE)

           C & D Canal Quarry Fieldtrip Slide Show, 5-15-2004 (N)

 

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