The Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree is a four-day event in Bancroft, Ontario where mineral collectors and vendors meet to trade rocks and minerals. It has been occurring annually since 1963.
The geology around Bancroft is rich in mineral pegmatites, as a result of molten lava being trapped under the Canadian Shield one billion areas ago. The geology of Bancroft is noted for having bodies of quartz surrounded by rare earth minerals, including zircon and uraninite.[1]
The Gemboree was started on 1963[2] by two dozen people based out of a tent and a room at the local Royal Canadian Legion.[1] The 22nd Gemboree occurred in 1985 and attracted 8,000 attendees.[2] By 1991, the event was being held at the Bancroft's North Hastings Community Centre and The Globe and Mail reported that it was described as "the largest show of its kind in Canada."[3] The 1995 Gemboree attracted mineral vendors from across Canada, the US and South Africa.[4] By 2004, the four-day event had moved into the local hockey arena.[1]
^ ab"Rockhounds gather for Gemboree." Globe & Mail [Toronto, Canada], 8 Aug. 1985, p. M12. Gale OneFile: News, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A165593419/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=c47caf0c. Accessed 8 July 2022.
^"Bancroft: from sawmill to mineral capital GREAT GETAWAYS'When the trees gave out, the rocks offered their bounty." Globe & Mail [Toronto, Canada], 27 July 1991, p. F6. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A164176391/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=acd332a2. Accessed 8 July 2022.
^"Travel Extra 'Rockhounds' sniff out the gems of semi-precious Bancroft." Globe & Mail [Toronto, Canada], 26 May 1995, p. 24. Gale OneFile: News, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A163527724/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=20d56081. Accessed 8 July 2022.
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Official website
January 01, 1970
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