T.rex Discovery Centre
Home to Scotty the World’s Largest T.rex.
Eastend is proud to be home to Scotty, the World's largest and most massive Tyrannousaurus rex ever discovered.
On August 16, 1991, Eastend high school teacher Robert Gehardt joined paleontologists on a fossil prospecting expedition along the exposed bedrock of the Frenchman River Valley. to learn how fossils are found and identified in the field.
Within a half a day, he discovered the base of a heavily worn tooth, and a tail vertebra both belonging to a T. rex.
In June 1994, a full excavation began. Over 6,000 visitors came to watch history in the making as paleontologists carefully uncovered what would become one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs ever found. The 65-million-year old skeleton is the first T. rex discovered in Saskatchewan, and was later named Scotty.
To preserved this extraordinary find, the T.rex Discovery Centre was built in Eastend. Scotty's skeleton is approximately 75% complete, making it one of the most complete T.rex specimens in the world.
Every visit to the T.rex Discovery Centre is a new adventure!
New exhibits - Interactive family activities throughout the day - Explore Saskatchewan's Prehistoric Past
- Watch Scotty hunt Thescelosaurus, featuring two new life-size Threscelosaurus casts in the gallery
- Create geological layers and see how they affect an ecosystem
- Try to outrun a T.rex in the exciting new new Paleo Racers exhibit
- Join the ongoing discovery in the Paleo Lab Experience and watch the secrets of a field jacket being uncovered
- Search for microfossils or create your own dinosaur stop-motion animation
- Guided and self-guided tours highlighting Scotty the T.rex, Omācīw the Tylosaurus and Thor the Bronthothere
- The Discovery Threatre, showing two films daily: watch Scotty's discovery unfold in the documentary "Dinosaur Hunters" and the critically acclaimed film T.REX
- A family-friendly Paleo Lab interactive space
- Outdoor Dino Dig Pit and new outdoor photo opportunities
- A Scenic natural trail along the Frenchman River Valley
- Discovery Shop gift Store
- Group and school tours available upon request.
Children can experience hands-on fossil discovery in the outdoor sandpit excavation area, while visitors of all ages can explore the rich palaeontological history of Saskatchewan.
Plan your visit!
Open Daily: 10:00am to 6:00pm
Victoria Day long weekend through Labour Day long Weekend
Admission by donation!
Contact:
Address- #1 T-rex Drive, PO Box 460
Eastend, SK S0N 0T0
Tel. (306) 295-4009
Email: trex.centre@gov.sk.ca
For more information please visit T.Rex Discovery Centre
Watch the documentary The Story of Scotty The T.rex - Biggest in the World