Discover the Dinosaurs of B.C. in a new Royal BC Museum travelling exhibition, at the Courtenay and District Museum through Feb. 1, 2025.

Produced by the Royal BC Museum, debuted at the provincial museum in Victoria in 2023, where it met with an overwhelmingly positive response.

鈥淒ig into prehistoric British Columbia and get up close and personal with 鈥楤uster,鈥� the Iron Lizard of the Sustut River, and the other dinosaurs that once roamed the province鈥檚 highest peaks, densest forests and most remote river basins,鈥� the museum says of the exhibition. 鈥淭hrough research done by the Royal BC Museum鈥檚 paleontology team, we鈥檙e learning just how many ancient creatures once called these lands home.鈥�

Guests can follow the footsteps of tyrannosaurs and ankylosaurs, see preserved marine fossils, and meet the B.C.-born ferrisaurus named Buster.

鈥淭he Courtenay and District Museum team is thrilled to welcome the Dinosaurs of B.C. exhibit from the Royal BC Museum, and to invite the public to discover 鈥楤uster鈥� and other dinosaurs that reflect the diversity of British Columbia鈥檚 ancient life,鈥� says Deborah Griffiths, Executive Director at the Courtenay Museum.

鈥淭his, along with the Courtenay and District Museum鈥檚 palaeontological holdings, including the 80-million-year-old elasmosaur, now British Columbia鈥檚 official fossil emblem, will give visitors a rare and exciting experience in exploring B.C.鈥檚 vast fossil record.鈥�

The Courtenay and District Museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is by donation. Find the museum in . Learn more at

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