Mayerthorpe, Alberta

After visiting Whitecourt, we passed through the Town of Mayerthorpe and had a picnic dinner beside the field where it was first reported. 

This 12.61 kg iron meteorite was found in Sept 1964. This one looks like everyone’s classic idea of a space rock with a metallic sheen and thumbprints.

A second specimen was found in 1964.

The nearby town gets its name from R. I. Mayer, the first postmaster, and Thorpe meaning a hamlet or village in Olde English.

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This main mass of Mayerthorpe is at the University of Alberta meteorite collection in Edmonton.