What is Fortune Head?
[[File:Nfldmap.gif|thumb|right|220px|Map of Newfoundland. Reserve is on bottom right-hand side of map, on the long peninsula pointing towards the island of St. Pierre.]] [[File:Fortune Head GSSP, Newfoundland.jpg|200px|thumb|Delegates from the Ichnia 2012 conference inspect the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary at Fortune Head Ecological Reserve. The boundary is defined on the appearance of the complex, vertical trace fossil ''Treptichnus pedum'']] '''Fortune Head''' is a [[headland]] about {{convert|1.6|km|abbr=on}} from the town of Fortune on the [[Burin Peninsula]], southeastern [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]. A {{convert|140|m|abbr=on}} thick section of rock along its cliffs is the [[Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point]] (GSSP). It represents the boundary between the [[Precambrian]] era and the [[Cambrian]] period, 541 million years ago. Because of its accessibility (easy to get at) and many [[fossil]]s, Fortune Head was selected in 1992 over similar rock sections in [[Siberia]], [[Russia]], and Meischucum, [[China]].<ref name=lakeacademy>{{cite web | url = http://www.k12.nf.ca/lakeacademy/fossil2.htm | title = Fortune Head Ecological Reserve | accessdate = 2006-03-21 | archive-date = 2007-09-26 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20070926215226/http://www.k12.nf.ca/lakeacademy/fossil2.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> == Ecological Reserve == Fortune Head was given full ecological reserve status in 1992 after its selection as the global stratotype. The reserve is {{convert|2.21|km2|abbr=on}} in size. The Fortune Head [[lighthouse]] also acts as a visitors center.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.env.gov.nl.ca/parks/wer/r_fhe/ | title = Fortune Head Ecological Reserve | publisher = The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador | accessdate = 2006-03-21 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060518041612/http://www.env.gov.nl.ca/parks/wer/r_fhe/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2006-05-18}}</ref> == Geology == The Buri