On September 27-30, 2016, IAT / Cabox Aspiring Geopark Chairperson Paul Wylezol attended the 7th International Conference on UNESCO Global Geoparks at Torquay, England, where he learned more about the UNESCO Global Geopark programme and gave a presentation on the 250th Anniversary of James Cook’s completing his surveys of Eastern Canada.
A fascinating talk at James Cook Birthplace Museum on Saturday celebrated Marton born explorer, James Cook’s early naval career in Eastern Canada but also offered a maple leaf to bring both sides of the Atlantic together in celebration of the great man’s achievements.
On September 16 & 17, 2016, IAT / Cabox Aspiring Geopark Chairperson Paul Wylezol was in Yorkshire, England visiting the Captain Cook Memorial Museum in Whitby and Captain Cook Birthplace Museum in Marton where he gave a presentation on the 250th Anniversary of James Cook completing his surveys of Eastern Canada.
On August 12, 2016 Royal Museums Greenwich received a grant of £4,677,100 from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards a £12.6M project to develop four new permanent galleries, including Pacific Encounters which will allow the Museum to take a lead role in Cook 250 – the commemoration of Lieutenant James Cook’s 1768 departure down the Thames in HM Bark Endeavour on the first of his three voyages of exploration to the Pacific.