The Burgess Shale in British Columbia’s Yoho National Park contains one of the world’s best fossil collections

The Burgess Shale in British Columbia’s Yoho National Park contains one of the world’s best fossil collections.The fossils are about 5.4 X 10^8 years old. This is about 4.5 X 10^4 times as old as the first known human settlement in British Columbia. About how many years ago did humans first settle in British Columbia?

The discovery of stone tools on the Beatton river near Fort Saint John date human habitation in British Columbia to at least 11,500 years ago.