Worth stopping for
Fortune Head Geology Centre
On the way to…
In Fortune, named from the Portuguese fortuna. The centre explains the fossils at nearby Fortune Head, which mark the boundary between the Precambrian and Cambrian eras about 540 million years ago, per the province's tourism site.
Stopping here adds about 0 km to that drive (316 km start to finish).
The start of the Cambrian, when complex life took over the rock record, is formally defined at Fortune Head, the headland past the ferry wharf. The centre in town explains it. Half a billion years, a lighthouse, and France on the horizon, all on one gravel road.
Stopping here adds about 2.5 km to that drive (379 km start to finish).
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Mapped as museum in OpenStreetMap; it has set hours, so check before you plan around it.
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While you're stopped here: Fortune Head light station (2.3 km away) · Grand Bank (6.4 km away) · George C. Harris House, Grand Bank (6.5 km away)
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