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Brule (English:/bruːl/)[1] is a rural community located inColchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.[2]
Located onAmet Sound an embayment of theNorthumberland Strait 6 kilometres east of the village ofTatamagouche near the county boundary, the community is situated on the southern shore of Brule Harbour opposite Brule Point.
Brule was the site of numerous fossil discoveries dating to 290mya, in theEarly Permian Period. Examples of these finds are now housed at the Creamery Square Heritage Centre in nearby Tatamagouche.[3]
The Brule fossil forest is composed of the ancient tree species:Walchia sp. The forest contains fallen logs, as well as about 90in-situ-(standing) tree trunks, and leaflets or branch fossils. The 'Brule Forest' is the only example of standing trees, or in-situ tree-trunks ofWalchia. Four-footed,tetrapod animalfossil trackways are also found in the fossil rich rocks.[4]
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