Urban fossils of Ottawa
100 Elgin Street (Lord Elgin Hotel)
Deschambault limestone
Location: façade of building
Rock: limestone
Age: Ordovician
Fossils: crinoids and bryozoa
Information and photographs: Quentin Gall. Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
More information: A Walking Guide - Ottawa’s Building and Monument Stones
100 Elgin Street (Lord Elgin Hotel)
Deschambault limestone
Location: façade of building
Rock: limestone
Age: Ordovician
Fossils: crinoids and bryozoa
Information and photographs: Quentin Gall. Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa
More information: A Walking Guide - Ottawa’s Building and Monument Stones
Lord Elgin Hotel (1941) façade is Ordovician Deschambault Fm. fossiliferous limestone
Abundant crinoid and bryozoa fragments comprising Deschambault limestone