Places, Traditions and Discoveries · Drawing 10 of 40
A fish preserved as a fossil
About 380 million years ago — the Devonian
At Miguasha in the Gaspé Peninsula, fossils tell us about very ancient fish. The rock has kept traces of their bodies.
Look together
Where are the head and tail?
An idea to try
Gently press a leaf into modelling dough, then remove it. Look at the mark and discuss what it helps you recognize.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Miguasha National Park in the Gaspé Peninsula protects a fossil site dating back about 380 million years to the Devonian period. Fish and plant fossils provide information about that ancient life. The site is on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Collecting rocks and fossils there is prohibited to preserve this heritage.
The colouring-page fish helps children recognize a head, body and tail; it cannot identify a particular species. Present a fossil as a trace of the past that specialists study. A mark made in dough can introduce impressions, but is not itself a real fossil.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
An imagined, simplified fossil fish; no particular species or discovery is reproduced.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Sépaq — Parc national de MiguashaFossiles de poissons et de plantes du Dévonien, âge de 380 millions d’années, statut UNESCO et interdiction de collecte.
Source review: 2026-09-12. Illustrations simplify places and scenes; they are not historical documents.
