Some 80 million or so years ago, a sea turtle died at what now makes up the banks of a Comox Valley river.
Now, the animal has been unearthed by a local fossil hunter.
Courtenay’s Russ Ball has looked for fossils for about 30 years, starting when he and his family lived in Alberta, and he would take his kids to Drumheller.
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