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Industry Associations
Heritage Run Tourism Association
(Seasonal: April - October) Terra Nova National Park
1 Centennial Road, Marystown THE DISCOVERY TRAIL
T: 709.279.1887
www.theheritagerun.com
3 Visitor Information Centres
Goobies: Irving Big Stop Parking
Lot. 709.542.3239
Fortune: Fortune Head
Interpretation Centre. 709.832.3031
Marystown: across from
Walmart. 709.279.1211

Tourisme Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Collectivité Territoriale
de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
Centre d’Information Touristique
Place du Général de Gaulle The Discovery Trail
B.P. 4208
Saint-Pierre 97500 The Discovery Trail is aptly named, as the
T: 011 508 41 02 00 New World was discovered when John
www.spm-tourisme.fr
Cabot landed in Bonavista in 1497.
Surprising, this French archipelago off
the shores of North America! In this little Campgrounds
piece of France, you’ll receive a kind
welcome and enjoy a change of scenery & RV Parks
thanks to language, cuisine, wines, festivals Terra Nova National Park
and music… far from the traditions of Glovertown
neighbouring Canada, and yet so close. An T: 709.533.2801
exceptional destination worth discovering! Toll Free: 888.773.3783
www.pc.gc.ca/terranova
Things to See & Do
A dramatic Atlantic shoreline, fringed in long
Attractions headlands and fjords with views of whales
and icebergs, gives way to marshland,
Fortune Head Geology Centre tranquil ponds and wildlife-filled boreal

49-51 Bunkerhill Road, Fortune forest – Terra Nova is accessible, wild
T: 709.832.3031/2810 Newfoundland for outdoor enthusiasts
www.townoffortune.ca
and nature-lovers of every age.
If you are interested in the geology of the
Burin Peninsula, minerals and rocks, the 1929
Grand Banks Tsunami, or prehistoric animals,
our new exhibits are for you! Make sure to
keep your eyes open, though there are also
dinosaurs lurking in our new exhibition!
We offer daily tours to the Fortune Head
Ecological Reserve, which holds the Global
Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) forthe
geologic time boundary between the
Precambrian era and the Cambrian period.
These globally significant, 541 million year

old rocks are celebrated at Fortune Head
ECO Friends and mark the beginning of
increasing biological diversity of life on Earth.

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