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Geology A school program

Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre12 hr 25 min by bus · 184.1 km
✓ Fits your group
A wide river running over flat rock shelves between forested banks, with leafy branches hanging into the top of the frame and cloud above.
Cost
$150 per class
$9.38 a child for 16
The museum highly recommends combining Geology A and B, priced at $250.00 for a maximum of 30 people.
Ages & size
Ages not published
Up to 30 children
Duration
Length not published
Year round
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What it actually looks like

Photos from Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre's website
Our note
This is the classroom style half, done at the museum. If you want the children outside handling rocks in the field, you need Geology B too, and the museum prices the pair together.

What the children do

A geology program for classes held at the museum. Through a presentation, hands-on activities and interactive discussion the children compare geological features and look at the cause and effect of natural formations. The museum recommends combining it with Geology B, the field trip to Comox Lake, at a combined price. The price is published against a maximum of 30 people.

Sit for a presentation about the changing surface of the earth, then take part in hands-on activities and discussion comparing rocks and landforms.

Good to know

Held at the museum, up to 30 people, no travel involved. Duration, toilets, lunch space and bus parking are not stated.

Sources disagree. Their school programs page has been showing two different prices, an older one of about $120 plus tax and a current one of $150 for a group of up to 30. The $150 is what the page shows now. Get the price confirmed in writing when you book.
Sources disagree. The fossil tour price has been shown two ways, once as $36.75 for a child and once as $35 with tax added on top to reach the same total. Either way it comes to $36.75 a child, but ask whether tax is included so there is no surprise.
Washrooms
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Lunch space
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Rain backup
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Strollers
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Wheelchair access
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Bus parking
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Nearby park
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Getting there

207 Fourth Street, Courtenay, BC V9N 1G7

On foot
40 hr 1 min
too far with this group
By bus
12 hr 25 min
includes a 9 min wait
Driving
5 hr 49 min

The dark pin is Victoria.

Details checked on 2026-09-07 against the venue’s own pages. Something wrong? , it takes one tap. · Venue page · 250-334-0686