Prehistoric World

The Phanerozoic in Morrisburg, Ontario: “Prehistoric World”

- Brett Zimmerman

It’s amazing—I mean, the serendipitous discoveries one can make just by reading a hotel brochure. Two summers ago, on our way back to Toronto from Canada’s Maritime provinces, my wife and I found a brochure for a multi-acre prehistoric playground that was on our way home anyway so we decided to drop by. Whether you’re traveling northeast or southwest along either the busy 401 highway or the more scenic Highway 2 by the St. Lawrence River, Prehistoric World is easy to get to because you can either drive south from the 401 or north from 2. It’s almost equidistant between those two major transportation arteries. It’s also halfway between the two Canadian cities of Kingston and, farther northeast, Montreal.

If you happen to be in the Ottawa area, Prehistoric World is about 90 minutes southeast— Triceratops about 80 kilometers (50 miles). Two friendly retired brothers, Paul and Serge Dupuis, have been running this attraction for 38 years (as of this writing in May 2019).