Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station - Historic Places Days

Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station

Grand Manan, New Brunswick
Address
24 Route 776, Grand Manan, NB, Canada
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Hours
Wednesday-Sunday 10am-5pm
Phone
506-662-3804

The Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station (GMWSRS) is a non-profit research facility located on the east coast of Canada on Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy. The GMWSRS was founded in 1981 by the late Dr. David Gaskin, a professor at the University of Guelph, Ontario and a pioneer of harbour porpoise research. Since 1981, the research station has conducted research on harbour porpoises, right whales, seals and seabirds in the Grand Manan Archipelago.

Research: Dedicated to scientific investigation of marine life in the Bay of Fundy with emphasis on threatened and endangered marine mammals such as the Harbour Porpoise and Right Whale.
and Education: through interpretative displays, scientific and popular reports, lectures, slide presentations, and web site.
to Promote Conservation of the marine ecosystem in the Bay of Fundy.

Location

24 Route 776, Grand Manan, NB, Canada
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