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There are many clubs in central Canada that meet regularly to collect rocks, learn about the earth sciences and do lapidary arts. If you are interested in rocks and minerals and are interested in joining a club or meeting other rockhounds, then contact a club near you.
There are 6 clubs that are active in the Greater Toronto Area. Each club has it’s own "flavour", so visit a few before deciding which one to join. Some people join the club nearest to the place they live or work; other people join the club that seems to be more active in the area that interests them. Many rockhounds belong to more than one club. Every club welcomes visitors. Don’t feel that you need to make a commitment before you come and visit for a few times.
If you already have a club, or are thinking of forming a club, and would like to enjoy the benefits of being a CCFMS affiliated club, please visit our page on How to Become a Member Club
Club |
Meetings / Focus |
Bancroft Gem and Mineral Club |
Meeting: 3rd Tuesday of each month (except August
& December). 7:00pm in The boardroom of the Community Futures &
Development Corp. office at the corner of Station St. & Chemaushgon Rd. in
Bancroft. Focus: Monthly meetings, field trips, annual show Contact: Frank Melanson (Pres) wfmelanson@sympatico.ca Address: P.O. Box 1749, Bancroft, ON, K0L 1C0 |
Brampton
Rock and Mineral Club
|
Meeting: 3rd Thursday of the month, 7:30 pm
September to June Knightsbridge Community Centre, 2A Knightsbridge Rd. (across from the Lester B. Pearson Civic Centre), Bramalea, ON Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletter, field trips Contact: Gord Major, gordmajor@rogers.com Address: #61 - 46 Dearbourne Cres., Bramalea ON, L6T 1J7 |
Brantford Lapidary and Mineral Society |
Meeting: 3rd Friday each month
(except July & August) 7:30 pm Woodman Park Community Center, 491 Grey
Street., Brantford |
Canadian Micro-Mineral Association (CMMA) |
Meeting:No regular mtgs. Spring symposium first weekend of May and Fall Mini-conference in Nov |
Club de minéralogie
de l'Outaouais
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Meeting: 3rd Wednesday each month (except
July) 7:00 pm at Le Collège de l'Outaouais, 333 boul. Cité-des-Jeunes,
Gatineau (secteur Hull), Québec Focus: Monthly meetings, workshops, mineral exchange, field trips, lectures and museum visits. Contact: Anne Bigras (Pres) Bigrasaa@rogers.com Address: 26, rue de l'Argile, Gatineau (secteur Hull), Québec, J8Z 3G2 Website: mywebpage.netscape.com/ratyvon/CMO.html |
Club de minéralogie du Saguenay Lac Saint-Jean
|
Meeting: 2nd Tuesday of the
month at 19h Université du Québec à Chicoutimi room P2-3080. Focus: monthly meeting (talk on either a mineral, a locality, a mineralogical phenomenon, a technique, etc.) and field trips. Contact: Paul Bedard, pbedard@uqac.ca Address: c/o Paul Bédard, Sciences de la Terre, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 555 boul. Université Chicoutimi, Québec, G7H 2B1 Website: http://mineraux.uqac.ca/club_mineralo_08/index_cm.html |
Club of amateurs of minerals and fossils of the Gaspe
|
Focus: Education Contact: Christion Rioux, 418-368-0663, mineralogie@cegepgim.ca Address: 196, Boul. Gaspe, Gaspe, G4X 1B1 Website: www.camfg.ca |
Kawartha Rock and Fossil Club Inc. |
Meeting: 7:00 pm on the 2nd Tuesday of each month
all year round in the Orientation Centre at the Peterborough Zoo. Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters, field trips, annual show Contact: Bob Beckett (pres.) rbeckett@cogeco.ca Address: 1211 Kenneth Avenue, Peterborough, ON K9J 5P8 Website: http://www.rockandfossil.com/ |
Eastern Ontario Natural History Society (EONS)/Societe Paleontologique d'Ottawa (SPO) |
Meeting: 7:30 pm on the 2nd Wednesday from
Sept to June at the Marion Hall (room 0027) at the Dept of Earth Sciences, U
of Ottawa. Focus: Education Contact: Ernesto Delgado (pres.) 613-599-7106 or ernestodelgado@rogers.com Address: 100 Beachview Private, Ottawa, On, K1V 1M7 |
Kingston Lapidary and Mineral Club |
Meeting: 6:30PM on the 2nd Friday of each month, October to
April, 623 King St. West, Kingston, Ontario
Focus: Monthly meetings and newsletter, annual show, field trips and Silver Smithing. Contact: Eileen Moss emoss@cogeco.net Address: 623 King St. West, Box 9, Kingston, ON K7M 2E7 Website: www.mineralclub.ca/ |
Kitchener-Waterloo Gem & Mineral Club |
Meeting: 7:30 pm 1st Friday of the
Month, September to June, Waterloo Community Arts Center Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters, annual swap & show Contact: Gary Winkler (pres.) kwgemandmineralclub@hotmail.com Address: c/o Reiner Mielke, WCAC, 25 Regina St S, Waterloo Ont, N2J 1R8 Website: www.calaverite.com/kwgmc/ |
London Gem & Mineral Society |
Meeting: 1st Thursday of month 7:30 – 9:30 pm
London Archaeology Museum, 1600 Arrawandaron Rd., London Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters, field trips Contact: Tim Jokela tjokela@execulink.com Address: c/o Tim Jokela Jr., 320 Strathroyal Ave. Strathroy, ON, N7G 3G4 Website: http://www.ccfms.ca/clubs/lgms |
Niagara
Peninsula Geological Society
|
Meeting: 3rd Friday of the month, September to
June, 7:30 pm Brock University, Earth Sciences Building, Room D309, St.
Catharines, Ontario Focus: Monthly meetings & e-newsletters, children's program, field trips, shows Contact: npgs@ccfms.ca Address: c/o John Tordiff, 120 South Drive, St. Catharines, ON, L2R 4V9 Website: http://www.ccfms.ca/clubs/NPGS/ |
Nipissing
Lapidary and Mineral Club
|
Meeting: 2nd Friday of the month, 7 pm, End of 1st Avenue at the
Clubhouse, North Bay, ON Focus: Monthly meetings Contact: President Richard Page. 705-474-6841 or crispy@vianet.ca Address: P.O. Box 1351, Main P.O., North Bay,P1B 8K5 |
North York Faceting Guild |
Focus: Monthly meetings, information exchange on the cutting of stones Contact: NorthYorkFacetingGuild@gmail.com |
Northern Ontario Rock & Mineral Club
|
Meeting: 2nd Sunday of every month from Oct. to May
at 7 Prospect Avenue, Cobalt, ON. Focus: Monthly meetings, e-newsletters, field trips, annual show Contact: Shirley Gilson (Pres) canminnews@gmail.com Address: P.O. Box 89, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada, P0J 1C0. Website: www.normc.ca/ |
Ottawa Lapsmith and Mineral Club |
Meeting: 2nd Thursday of each month, except July
and August, 7:30 PM 217 Bell St. North, Ottawa Focus: Monthly meetings & e-newsletters, annual show, field trips Contact: Dr. John Udd, (pres.) pres@olmc.ca Address: P.O. Box 39022, R.P.O. Billingsbridge, Ottawa, ON, K1H 1A1 Website: www.olmc.ca/ |
Oxford County Geological Society |
Meeting: 2nd Friday of each month, except July
and August, 7:30 PM, Knox Church, 59 Riddell, Woodstock Focus: Monthly meetings, collecting, minerals, fossils, lapidary Contact: Marion Eccleston, (pres.) marion_tom@bell.net Phone: 519-539-1536 or 519-539-8890 |
Prince Edward County Rock, Gem and Mineral Club |
Contact:
John Zandarin,
(pres.)
howhardcanitbe@sympatico.ca Phone: 613-476-5510 |
Sarnia Rock & Fossil Club |
Meeting: 2nd Friday of the month, February to May &
September to December 7:30 p.m. at the Kinsmen Club, 656 Lakeshore
Rd. Sarnia, ON Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters Address: c/o SRFC Secretary, Box 76, 3280 Egremont Rd. RR#1, Camlachie, ON. N0N 1E0 Website: www.sarnia.com/groups/srfc/ |
Gem
& Mineral Club of Scarborough
|
Meeting: 1st Wednesday of the month, 8:00 pm, except July,
August & November, Knox United Church Hall, 2369 Midland Avenue, Scarborough, ON Northeast corner of Midland Avenue & Sheppard Avenue Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters, wireworking workshops, annual show Contact: Russ Bruce (pres.) 416-284-9797 bruce12@bell.net Address: 10 Chichester Place, Apt B1, Scarborough, ON, M1T 1G5 Website: www.scarbgemclub.ca |
Sudbury Rock & Lapidary Society |
Meeting: 2nd Tuesday of each month, September to
June at 7:30 pm Naughton Community Centre (Old Naughton PS), Regional Rd. #55
Sudbury, ON Focus: Monthly meetings, annual show, field trips, newsletter Contact: Roger Poulin (pres.) rmineral@isys.ca Address: c/o 3171 Romeo St., Val Caron, ON, P3N 1G5 Website: http://www.ccfms.ca/clubs/Sudbury/ |
The Walker Mineralogical Club (Toronto) |
Meeting: 2nd Wednesday of each month, September
– May 8:00 - 10:00 pm |
Willowdale
Gem and Mineral Club
|
Meeting: 2nd Friday of the month, 7:45 pm Armour
Heights Community Centre, 2140 Avenue Road, North York, ON Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters, annual auction Contact: Ed McCabe edmund.mccabe@sympatico.ca Address: 134 Betty Ann Dr., Willowdale, Ontario, M2N 1X4 Website: http://www.ccfms.ca/clubs/WGMC/ |
Winnipeg Rock & Mineral
Club |
Meeting: 2nd Thursday of the month, 7:00 pm
Lion's Place, 610 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB. Focus: Monthly meetings, newsletters, field trips, annual auction Contact: Matthew Leitch wrmc@shaw.ca Address: 282 Golden Eagle Drive, Winnipeg, MB, R2K 4M3 Website: www.wrmc.ca |
Young Toronto Mineralogists Club |
Meeting: All meetings are held from 1PM to 3PM at the Ontario Science
Centre Toronto, ON on
the 4th Saturday of the month, September to May Focus: Young people interested in the hobby, ages 9 to 15, meetings to study mineralogy, field trips Contact: Len Buchanan contact@YTMC.org Website: www.ytmc.org/ |
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