CCFMS Member Clubs

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 5 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: 1^st Wednesday of each month (except August & December). 7:30pm in The Door Next Door Cafe, 23 Bridge St. W., Bancroft. Focus: Monthly meetings, field trips, annual show Contact: Dick Farmery dfarmery@nexicom.net Address: P.O. Box 1749, Bancroft, ON, K0L 1C0
Barrie Gem & Mineralogical Society	Meeting: 1^st Wednesday of the month Jan to June & Sept to Dec, 7:30 pm Building D, Room 122 Georgian College, Barrie Campus Focus: Monthly meetings, field trips & newsletters Contact: Kathleen Reid, liv_laf_lov@yahoo.ca Address: 100 Donald Street, Barrie, Ontario L4N 1E3
Brampton Rock and Mineral Club (GTA)	Meeting: 3^rd 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 Address: P.O. Box 51049, Brampton, ON, L6T 5M2
Brantford Lapidary and Mineral Society	Meeting: 3^rd Friday each month (except July & August) 7:30 pm Woodman Park Community Center, 491 Grey Street., Brantford Focus: Monthly meetings, lapidary workshops, annual show, field trips Contact: brantfordlapclub@live.ca Address: c/o 1 Sherwood Drive, Brantford, ON, N3T 1N3 Website: http://www.brantfordlapidarymineral.ca/
Club de minéralogie de Fermont	Meeting: 2^nd Thursday and 3^rd Tuesday of each month (except June - September) 19:00 to 21:00 at the Centre d'Interprétation de Fermont Place D'Aviault, Fermont, Québec. Focus: Fields trips, minerals identification and exchange, lectures, museum involvement, mineral collection. Contact: mineralogie_fermont@hotmail.com Address: c/o PO Box 327, Fermont, Québec, G0G 1J0
Club de minéralogie de l'Outaouais	Meeting: 3^rd 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: 2^ndTuesday 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: wwwdsa.uqac.ca/~pbedard/mineralo.html
Kawartha Rock and Fossil Club Inc.	Meeting: 7:00 pm on the 2^nd 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 @ numet.com Address: 1211 Kenneth Avenue, Peterborough, ON K9J 5P8 Website: http://www.rockandfossil.com/
Kingston Lapidary and Mineral Club	Meeting: 6:30PM on the 2nd Friday of each month, October to April, 370 King St. West, Kingston, Ontario Focus: Monthly meetings and newsletter, annual show, field trips and Silver Smithing. Contact: Paul Blaney (pres.) paulrichardblaney@hotmail.com Address: 370 King St. West, Box 9, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4 Website: www.mineralclub.ca/
Kitchener-Waterloo Gem & Mineral Club	Meeting: 7:30 pm 1^st 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: 1^st 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: www.element51.com/lgms.htm
Niagara Peninsula Geological Society (St. Catharines)	Meeting: 3^rd 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: www.ccfms.ca/Clubs/NPGS/
Nipissing Lapidary and Mineral Club (North Bay)	Meeting: 2nd Friday of the month, 7 pm, End of 1st Avenue at the Clubhouse, North Bay, ON Focus: Monthly meetings Address: P.O. Box 1351, Main P.O., North Bay,P1B 8K5
Northern Ontario Rock & Mineral Club (Cobalt)	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: ralph @ normc.ca Address: P.O. Box 89, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada, P0J 1C0. Website: www.normc.ca/
Ottawa Lapsmith and Mineral Club	Meeting: 2^nd 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.) udd@magma.ca Address: P.O. Box 39022, R.P.O. Billingsbridge, Ottawa, ON, K1H 1A1 Website: www.olmc.ca/
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. N0N1E0 Website: www.sarnia.com/groups/srfc/
Gem & Mineral Club of Scarborough (Toronto)	Meeting: 1^st 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 rbruce@can.rogers.com Address: 10 Chichester Place, Apt B1, Scarborough, ON, M1T 1G5 Website: www.scarbgemclub.ca
Sudbury Rock & Lapidary Society	Meeting: 2^nd 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: www.ccfms.ca/Clubs/Sudbury/
Upper Ottawa Valley Geology Club (Upper Ottawa Valley)	Meeting: Variable, Program Room of Deep River Public Library, 55 Ridge Road, Deep River, ON Focus: Educational lectures, exhibitions, public meetings and field trips. Contact: Dave Guzonas (Pres.) dguzonas@magma.ca Address: c/o 11 Sumac Court, Deep River, ON, K0J 1P0 Website: www.magma.ca/~syatabe/GC_Website/
The Walker Mineralogical Club (Toronto)	Meeting: 2^nd Wednesday of each month, September – May 8:00 - 10:00 pm Room 2093 (2nd floor) U of T, Dept. of Geology (Earth Sciences Building), 22 Russell St., Toronto, ON Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters, field trips, study of mineralogy, annual auction Contact: Ray Hainsworth(Pres.) info@walkermineralogicalclub.com Address: c/o The Royal Ontario Museum, Earth Science Department, 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C6 Website: www.walkermineralogicalclub.com/
Willowdale Gem and Mineral Club (Toronto)	Meeting: 2^nd Friday of the month, 7:45 pm Armour Heights Community Centre, 2140 Avenue Road, North York, ON Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters, annual show, annual auction Contact: Ed McCabe edmund.mccabe@sympatico.ca Address: P.O. Box 43094, Sheppard Centre, 4841 Yonge Street, North York, ON, M2N 6N1 Website: www.ccfms.ca/Clubs/WGMC/
Winnipeg Rock & Mineral Club	Meeting: 2^nd Thursday of the month, 7:00 pm Lion's Place, 610 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB. Focus: Monthly meetings, newsletters, field trips, annual auction Contact: Anita Rondeau anitarondeau@shaw.ca Address: c/o 23 Amundsen Bay, Winnipeg, MB, R3K 0V1 Website: members.shaw.ca/grantrondeau/
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/

CCFMS Member Clubs

Club

Meetings / Focus

Bancroft Gem and Mineral Club

Barrie Gem & Mineralogical Society

Brampton Rock and Mineral Club (GTA)

Brantford Lapidary and Mineral Society

Club de minéralogie de Fermont

Nipissing Lapidary and Mineral Club (North Bay)

Brampton Rock and Mineral Club
(GTA)

Nipissing Lapidary and Mineral Club
(North Bay)