"Beluga Whale Dig!" Expands ECHO's Geology Focus- New
Exhibit to Open February 25, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: February 21, 2006
Contact: Steven Leibman
sleibman@echovermont.org
(802) 864-1848 ext. 125
"Beluga Whale Dig!" Expands ECHO's Geology Focus - New Exhibit
Opens
February 25, 2005
BURLINGTON, VT -- Beluga whales, right here in the Champlain
Basin? ECHO
Lake Aquarium and Science Center visitors can prove it when they
become
paleontologists - with goggles, scraper and brush - and unearth
recreated
whale bones in ECHO's new dig site. This earthy exhibit is in
the expanded
"Before the Basin" geology area.
But how do we know whales once swam where cows now roam? In
1849, a railroad
crew in Charlotte, Vermont, unearthed a beluga whale in 10 feet
of blue
clay. Since the discovery of "Charlotte" - who now resides at
the University
of Vermont's Perkins Geology Museum - more than 20 beluga
skeletons have
been discovered in Vermont, New York, Ontario and Quebec. These
extraordinary creatures lived during the Ice Age in the
predecessor to Lake
Champlain, the Champlain Sea.
ECHO admission is $6-$9, children under 3 are free. Winter hours
(through
March 31): Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed
Mondays except for
February 27.
To view and download high resolution photographs related to this
exhibit,
please visit
Downloadable Photos.
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center is located at the Leahy
Center for
Lake Champlain on the Burlington Waterfront. ECHO features over
60 species
of live fish, amphibians, invertebrates, and reptiles, with more
than 100
hands-on exhibits, and hosts traveling exhibits several times a
year. The
2.6 acre site is also highlighted by the Lake Champlain Navy
Memorial. For
more information on ECHO, please visit our website at
www.echovermont.org, call Toll-Free 1-877-ECHOFUN, or write to
ECHO, One College Street, Burlington, VT 05401.
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1.802.864.1848
