Listen Live
Listen Live

Alberta dinosaur track site getting virtual reality boost from Lethbridge College

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The virtual reality team at Lethbridge College is bringing an Alberta heritage site to life.

The Grande Cache Dinosaur Track is located northwest of Edmonton on the edge of the Rocky Mountains. It happens to be the only large-scale exposure of dino tracks in the country.

The heritage site isn’t able to bring people to see the tracks in-person because of logistical and safety reasons, so Lethbridge College has stepped in to help out.

The V.R. team used a special technique to capture close up, detailed imagery of the dinosaur tracks. Along with audio and guided narration, visitors can now experience these tracks virtually, without ever leaving the Grande Cache Tourism Centre.

These dinosaur tracks were preserved under layers of rock and until they were found in the 1980’s through open-pit mining, they had remained undiscovered for more than 90 million years.

To get more information about the Grande Cache Dinosaur Track site, go to experiencedinosaurtrails.com

Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
- Advertisement -

cjoc Now playing play

ckbd Now playing play

Related Articles

- Advertisement -

Latest News

Single lane road closures to commence Wednesday

Single lane road closures will commence Wednesday and Thursday this week on the Scenic Drive bridge over Whoop-Up Drive, as maintenance work begins. 

Environmental Blitz Day returns, as the City promotes clean and green

There are simple ways to help keep Lethbridge clean and green. 

Lethbridge rent remains among lowest: monthly rent report

Rent in Lethbridge remains among the lowest of the 60 municipalities included in a report looking at rents in June.

Public looking to locate missing 12-year-old

The public is being asked for their help locating a missing 12-year-old. 

Waterton Park singer/songwriter’s ‘Fault Lines,’ includes homage to Alberta living

Kyle Owen’s brand-new solo album Fault Lines “explores emotional vulnerability through a rich blend of raw textures, recorded on old instruments that lend the project a weathered, intimate warmth.” 
- Advertisement -