Miguasha National Park

Parc provincial de Miguasha
Cliff of the Miguasha National Park
Map showing the location of Parc provincial de Miguasha
Map showing the location of Parc provincial de Miguasha
Map showing the location of Parc provincial de Miguasha
Map showing the location of Parc provincial de Miguasha
LocationNouvelle, Avignon Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada
Nearest cityDalhousie, New Brunswick
Coordinates48°06′38″N 66°22′10″W / 48.11056°N 66.36944°W / 48.11056; -66.36944
Area87,3 ha
Established6 February 1985
Governing bodySEPAQ
Map
TypeNatural
Criteriaviii
Designated1999 (23rd session)
Reference no.686rev
RegionEurope and North America

Miguasha Provincial Park (French: Parc national de Miguasha) is a protected area near Carleton-sur-Mer on the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec in Canada. Created in 1985 by the Government of Quebec, Miguasha was designated a World Heritage Site in 1999 in recognition of its wealth of fossils, which display a crucial time during the evolution of life on Earth. Other names for this site are the Miguasha Fossil Site, the Bay of Escuminac Fossil Site, the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation, and the Hugh-Miller Cliffs. It is also sometimes referred to on fossil specimens as 'Scaumenac Bay' or 'Scaumenac Bay P.Q.'