Tim Fedak PhD
@timfedak.bsky.social
Curator and paleontologist, promotes drawing for natural science in museums and universities, interest in history of geology, and urban geology.
Website and Blog at https://edinos.ca
Drawing in Geoparks https://www.facebook.com/DrawingGeoparks
Website and Blog at https://edinos.ca
Drawing in Geoparks https://www.facebook.com/DrawingGeoparks
A merry and very, very,... old #ChristmasTree. These #NovaScotia pine cones may be from the Cretaceous! Learn more at: museum.novascotia.ca/blog/very-ol...
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A merry and very, very,... old #ChristmasTree. These #NovaScotia pine cones may be from the Cretaceous! Learn more at: museum.novascotia.ca/blog/very-ol...
Am pleased to see the biographic profile of Samuel Gaskin now published in PNSIS. Gaskin was a first generation Bajan Nova Scotian who made significant contributions to innovations in #mapping for #NovaScotia Dept of Mines. #BlackSTEM #BlackinGIS ⚒️ -
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View of Mapping and civil service: Samuel Gaskin’s contributions to Nova Scotia geology, 1950-1977
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November 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Am pleased to see the biographic profile of Samuel Gaskin now published in PNSIS. Gaskin was a first generation Bajan Nova Scotian who made significant contributions to innovations in #mapping for #NovaScotia Dept of Mines. #BlackSTEM #BlackinGIS ⚒️ -
ojs.library.dal.ca/nsis/article...
ojs.library.dal.ca/nsis/article...
Drawing Geology - Reflections on a recent trip to Hobart, Tasmania. ⚒️ edinos.ca/drawn-to-geo...
Drawn to Geology in Hobart Tasmania
Drawing the geology and geoheritage of the Hobart Rivulet, Tasmania, including Triassic and Carboniferous geology exposures.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Drawing Geology - Reflections on a recent trip to Hobart, Tasmania. ⚒️ edinos.ca/drawn-to-geo...
Zonia Baber is someone I would have like to meet.
Baber put her theories into practice when she became head of the school’s Geography Department. She incorporated history and the natural sciences into the geography curriculum as well as modeling, drawing and painting. She believed that students should go on field trips and do hands-on lab work. /4
October 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Zonia Baber is someone I would have like to meet.
A wonderful celebration of #GeodiversityDay in the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark - ⚒️ see more and Like/Follow at: facebook.com/DrawingGeopa...
October 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A wonderful celebration of #GeodiversityDay in the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark - ⚒️ see more and Like/Follow at: facebook.com/DrawingGeopa...
Reposted by Tim Fedak PhD
Today is World Maritime Day. With over 13,000 kilometers of coastline, Nova Scotia is shaped by the sea. Take time to explore the stories of our seafaring past, present, and future. #NovaScotia
September 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Today is World Maritime Day. With over 13,000 kilometers of coastline, Nova Scotia is shaped by the sea. Take time to explore the stories of our seafaring past, present, and future. #NovaScotia
Found this 80,000 year old seed in #MastodonMud at the museum today. Will it sprout? @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Found this 80,000 year old seed in #MastodonMud at the museum today. Will it sprout? @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social
For #FossilFriday - ancient DNA shows the #NovaScotia mastodons are older than thought, and have migrated into the Atlantic region multiple times over the past 500,000 years. In Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... ⚒️
September 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
For #FossilFriday - ancient DNA shows the #NovaScotia mastodons are older than thought, and have migrated into the Atlantic region multiple times over the past 500,000 years. In Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... ⚒️
On my desk for #FossilFriday - these small bones (Northern Leopard Frog) and the spruce cone being removed from a small block of 80,000 year old mud collected during the 1991 Mastodon dig. These have been in a freezer for over 30 years! Will the 80,000 year old spruce cone have viable seeds?
August 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
On my desk for #FossilFriday - these small bones (Northern Leopard Frog) and the spruce cone being removed from a small block of 80,000 year old mud collected during the 1991 Mastodon dig. These have been in a freezer for over 30 years! Will the 80,000 year old spruce cone have viable seeds?
Today - I'm taking a road trip to #Kentville #NovaScotia to search for tracks preserved in Bay of Fundy mud. In 1842, Dr. Webster sent samples of rain prints collected from the muddy banks of the Cornwallis River to Charles Lyell. The rest, is geological history! ⚒️ archive.org/details/quar...
August 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Today - I'm taking a road trip to #Kentville #NovaScotia to search for tracks preserved in Bay of Fundy mud. In 1842, Dr. Webster sent samples of rain prints collected from the muddy banks of the Cornwallis River to Charles Lyell. The rest, is geological history! ⚒️ archive.org/details/quar...
Kissing fish! For #FossilFriday - the latest view of the Platysomid fish from the Early Carboniferous of #NovaScotia found by Dr Mo Snyder and Jesse Demaires-Smith from Acadia University is 2023. ⚒️ Fossil and counterpart - look like two fish kissing.
July 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kissing fish! For #FossilFriday - the latest view of the Platysomid fish from the Early Carboniferous of #NovaScotia found by Dr Mo Snyder and Jesse Demaires-Smith from Acadia University is 2023. ⚒️ Fossil and counterpart - look like two fish kissing.
Drawing the rising tide at Partridge Island
YouTube video by Tim Fedak
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July 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
@markabrennan.bsky.social - you may find this of interest, the article and the talk. edinos.ca/plein-air-in...
Plein Air in Geoparks
The Cliffs of Fundy Global Geopark is attracting plein air artists from around the world. Learn how the history of art and geology collide.
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July 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@markabrennan.bsky.social - you may find this of interest, the article and the talk. edinos.ca/plein-air-in...
Some weekend reading - #Geodiversity, #PleinAir Painting in #Geoparks and #Geoheritage in #NovaScotia all available on edinos.ca ⚒️
July 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Some weekend reading - #Geodiversity, #PleinAir Painting in #Geoparks and #Geoheritage in #NovaScotia all available on edinos.ca ⚒️
Some thoughts about the Geodiversity of a River. edinos.ca/geodiversity... ⚒️
Geodiversity of a River
I have been doing field work at the estuary where the Folly and Debert Rivers meet and join the Minas Basin. My field work has focused on locating a historic limestone where Charles Lyell found marine...
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July 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Some thoughts about the Geodiversity of a River. edinos.ca/geodiversity... ⚒️
Plein Air Painting and the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark, a one-hour public presentation at the #Parrsboro International #PleinAir Festival in #NovaScotia. #GlobalGeoparks #geoheritage ⚒️
youtu.be/QEdlhLsjTKQ
youtu.be/QEdlhLsjTKQ
Plein Air and Geology of the Cliffs of Fundy Global Geopark
YouTube video by Tim Fedak
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June 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Plein Air Painting and the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark, a one-hour public presentation at the #Parrsboro International #PleinAir Festival in #NovaScotia. #GlobalGeoparks #geoheritage ⚒️
youtu.be/QEdlhLsjTKQ
youtu.be/QEdlhLsjTKQ
In August of 1842, Charles Lyell visit a fossiliferous limestone on the shore of the Debert River, #NovaScotia. Today, I found the fossiliferous limestone, and am impressed with the view that Lyell enjoyed so many years ago. ⚒️
June 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In August of 1842, Charles Lyell visit a fossiliferous limestone on the shore of the Debert River, #NovaScotia. Today, I found the fossiliferous limestone, and am impressed with the view that Lyell enjoyed so many years ago. ⚒️
May 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Am excited for tomorrow’s #geoheritage field trip to visit a site where Charles Lyell stopped on the Folly (Fawleigh) River Bridge to observe the exposed gypsum and draw in his notebook - Aug 10, 1842.
April 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Am excited for tomorrow’s #geoheritage field trip to visit a site where Charles Lyell stopped on the Folly (Fawleigh) River Bridge to observe the exposed gypsum and draw in his notebook - Aug 10, 1842.
Learned so much tonight from Mercedes Peters @mercedespeters.bsky.social public talk at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Keeping the ember alive, and learning strong.
March 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Learned so much tonight from Mercedes Peters @mercedespeters.bsky.social public talk at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Keeping the ember alive, and learning strong.
I have been enjoying the past couple of weeks working with the #NovaScotia mineralogy collection @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social - Some new online resources… coming soon.
What’s your favourite Nova Scotia mineral?
What’s your favourite Nova Scotia mineral?
March 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I have been enjoying the past couple of weeks working with the #NovaScotia mineralogy collection @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social - Some new online resources… coming soon.
What’s your favourite Nova Scotia mineral?
What’s your favourite Nova Scotia mineral?
Gave a guest lecture/workshop today for Geology 2 @dalhousieu.bsky.social students = Drawing Skulls / Drawing Skills. The students appreciated getting some tips and having ltime to practice observation drawing.
February 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Gave a guest lecture/workshop today for Geology 2 @dalhousieu.bsky.social students = Drawing Skulls / Drawing Skills. The students appreciated getting some tips and having ltime to practice observation drawing.
In conjunction with the Monsters of the Abyss exhibit, a small display of historical specimens was installed in the Marine Gallery of the Museum of Natural History. #FindingHoneyman
February 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
In conjunction with the Monsters of the Abyss exhibit, a small display of historical specimens was installed in the Marine Gallery of the Museum of Natural History. #FindingHoneyman
This heart rock was given to me by young Emma during an urban geology tour in Halifax in 2023. The treasured rock remains on my office desk. #HappyValentinesDay #HeartRocks ⚒️
February 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This heart rock was given to me by young Emma during an urban geology tour in Halifax in 2023. The treasured rock remains on my office desk. #HappyValentinesDay #HeartRocks ⚒️
Charles Fletcher, a fourth generation African Nova Scotian became a key man in the Mining #Geology Laboratory of #Harvard University from 1930 through 1970. #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #GSAToday #NovaScotia Legacy in Action: Celebrating Black Brilliance at: rock.geosociety.org/net/gsatoday...
Charles S Fletcher (1896-1970) biography now published in December issue of GSA Today. A fourth generation African Nova Scotian who became a key man in Harvard Mining Geology lab. #histgeo ⚒️ Available at:
doi.org/10.1130/GSAT...
doi.org/10.1130/GSAT...
February 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Charles Fletcher, a fourth generation African Nova Scotian became a key man in the Mining #Geology Laboratory of #Harvard University from 1930 through 1970. #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #GSAToday #NovaScotia Legacy in Action: Celebrating Black Brilliance at: rock.geosociety.org/net/gsatoday...