(Garrett Barry/CBC)Rock formations and fossil finds on Newfoundland and Labrador's Bonavista Peninsula were given international honours Friday morning, as the Discovery Global Geopark received official UNESCO status. The fossils found on the Bonavista Peninsula are similar to those discovered at Mistaken Point, which was given UNESCO's World Heritage Site designation in 2016. Edith Samson holds a casting, or replica, of a fossil found near Port Union on Newfoundland and Labrador's Bonavista Peninsula. Samson helped lead a push to win the UNESCO designation which began in 2006, she said. Jim Miller is the mayor of Trinity, on Newfoundland and Labrador's Bonavista Peninsula.

Source: CBC News July 10, 2020 10:40 UTC