Fortune Harbour is a bay and community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador

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The 1913 McAlpine Gazeteer lists the community in Twillingate district:

"FORTUNE HARBOR, a post and money order settlement in Twillingate district. Contains postal telegraph, express, 1 store, 1 Catholic church, Bowring Bros. and Reid Nfld. steamers call during open navigation."

An 1884 pilot guide discusses "Fortune harbor" in Notre Dame Bay

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Notre Dame Bay is a large bay in Newfoundland, Canada. To the south it adjoins the Bay of Exploits.The name, French for Our Lady Bay, dates to at least 1550, and is possibly a French translation of an earlier Portuguese name....

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"Fortune harbor is a land-locked anchorage, situated 2 miles southeastward

of Bagg head. Two entrances are formed by Sweeny island,
that to the eastward of the island being only 30 yards wide and having
a depth of 12 feet at low water. The western entrance is suitable for
large vessels with a commanding breeze, but the turns are sharp, the
wind is often baffling in the approach, and the squalls heavy, particularly
with westerly winds.