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㽶ƵֱEveryone loves dinosaurs㽶Ƶֱ: New exhibit opens for the summer at Kelowna museum

The Dinosaurs of BC exhibit is at Okanagan Heritage Museum from June 6 to Sept. 30
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The Dinosaurs of BC exhibit is at Okanagan Heritage Museum to Sept. 30. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

Bust in and meet Buster at the Dinosaurs of BC exhibit this summer at the .

Previously hosted at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, the exhibit is now in Kelowna for the summer, thanks to funding from the Government of Canada and Chances Casino.

㽶ƵֱWe㽶Ƶֱre just so excited to have it here,㽶Ƶֱ said Kelowna Museums Society㽶Ƶֱs curatorial manager Amanda Snyder. 㽶ƵֱEveryone loves dinosaurs.㽶Ƶֱ

Included in the exhibit is Buster, a newly discovered species of dinosaur, that was found along the railway near the Systut River near Smithers, B.C. in the 1970s. Geologist Kenny Larsen found the fossil bones from a small, plant-eating dinosaur that was a distant cousin of the Triceratops.

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The Dinosaurs of BC exhibit features many different dinosaur displays, including displays of tracks from the prehistoric creatures. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

In 2019, after examining the bones again, two Canadian paleontologists identified the bones as a dinosaur unique to B.C. 㽶Ƶֱ Ferrisaurus sustutensis, otherwise known as The Iron Lizard or Buster.

In addition to the new dinosaur, the exhibit features many different dinosaur displays, including early versions of tyrannosauruses, plus displays of tracks from the prehistoric creatures.

㽶ƵֱWe have a number of different trackways,㽶Ƶֱ Snyder says. 㽶ƵֱSome of the oldest fossils are from 145 million years ago.㽶Ƶֱ

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A special Dinosaurs of BC exhibit opening is planned for June 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Okanagan Heritage Museum. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

The exhibit will be in Kelowna until Sept. 30, with a special opening on Saturday, June 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. where children can dig real fossils.

During the four months it㽶Ƶֱs in town, the museum will host a variety of public programs, including Dino-Sundays, activities for kids throughout the summer weeks, various speakers and Wine-and-Dinos for adults.

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(Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

If you go:

  • See Dinosaurs of B.C. through Sept. 30, with an opening celebration June 15.
  • The Okanagan Heritage Museum is open daily in Kelowna at

  • Learn more at

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Jordy Cunningham

About the Author: Jordy Cunningham

Hailing from Ladner, B.C., I have been passionate about sports, especially baseball, since I was young. In 2018, I graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with a Bachelor of Journalism degree
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