Fortune is a small fishing town on the Burin Peninsula, best known to travellers as the ferry port for Saint Pierre and Miquelon. That alone would make it a useful stop, but the reason to give it a day is just west of town at Fortune Head.
The low cliffs there mark one of geology's great dividing lines: the boundary between the Precambrian and Cambrian worlds. If that sounds abstract, the place itself helps. You stand above a hard Atlantic shore where rocks and trace fossils record the moment complex animal life began to leave a clearer mark.
Fortune is not a polished sightseeing town. It is a working harbour with a few simple services, a small geology centre, and enough coastal air to make the long drive down the peninsula feel worthwhile. Pair the reserve with the ferry if you are crossing to Saint Pierre, or come as a focused detour from the Burin Peninsula.