Johnson Geo Centre
http://www.geocentre.ca/
Another place we visited in St John’s was the Johnson Geo Centre, near Signal Hill and Signal Hill Interpretative Center. The display outside has various kind so stone, some rough and some polished. One we really liked was Anorthrite with some Labradorite (blue inclusions) that would look really nice on a counter top.
The Centre is built right into the rock and displays some geologic history and some future possibilities. Newfoundland has some of the oldest rocks on earth, and Labrador has some that are 450 million years old and are of the few that are easily accessible.
They also have a display section on the Titanic with some authentic items and some from the movie. The description is very critical of the White Star Line, the Captain, and JP Morgan, who was trying to buy dominance in the trans-Atlantic steamship business. The text also implied the 2 inquiries (Britain and the US) were white-washes.
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