Worth stopping for
Fortune Head Geology Centre and light station
On the way to…
The headland past the ferry wharf holds one of geology's global reference points: the boundary where the Cambrian begins — the moment complex life took over the rock record — is formally defined at Fortune Head, and the mapped centre in town curates it. Half a billion years, a lighthouse, and France on the horizon, all from one gravel road.
Stopping here adds about 5 min and 2.5 km to that drive (5h 28m door to door).
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What the map knows
Mapped as museum in OpenStreetMap — it keeps posted hours, so check before building the day around it.
Its own site (from the OSM element) →
While you're stopped here: Grand Bank (6.4 km away)
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