Field notebook, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 1901

In a single day, our digital volunteers devoured S. Ward Loper's geological surveying and fossil hunting field notes in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia during 1900. Here is his field notes from the next year, 1901, in the same area of Cape Breton. If you helped with his 1900 notes or are just joining this effort, we appreciate your help transcribing this record of his work. Fossil collectors will be quick to tell you that where a fossil is found, how many there are and what other types of fossils are present reveals important clues about changes across eons. S. Ward Loper headed off to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in 1900 at the direction of United States Geological Survey (USGS) director Charles D. Walcott. Ward's charge - to study Cambrian geological formations in the area. Walcott himself became known for his contributions to geological stratigraphy, Cambrian geology and invertebrate paleontology, especially in the British Columbia Rockies and upstate New York.