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Gaspésie

ℹ️ The "km" distances are approximate, measured from a tourist site in the region.

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Percé Rock
Gaspésie
Discovery & Culture

Percé Rock

Gaspésie's most recognizable symbol, this massive limestone rock pierced by a natural arch rises just a few hundred metres offshore, formed roughly 400 million years ago.

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Paspébiac Fishing Bank National Historic Site
Gaspésie
History & Heritage

Paspébiac Fishing Bank National Historic Site

A witness to the golden age of cod fishing in Gaspésie, this site preserves a unique set of commercial buildings erected between the 18th and 20th centuries by major Jersey fishing companies that dominated the regional economy for nearly two centuries.

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Anse-Blanchette Historic Site (Forillon sector)
Gaspésie
History & Heritage

Anse-Blanchette Historic Site (Forillon sector)

A living recreation of an early-20th-century fishing and farming family operation, this sector of Forillon Park lets visitors, through the Dolbel-Roberts House and the exhibition "These Gaspesians from the Ends of the Earth," discover the daily life of the multicultural communities that shaped the coastline.

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Percé Geopark (Geosite)
Gaspésie
History & Heritage

Percé Geopark (Geosite)

Designated a UNESCO Global Geopark, the Percé territory features an exceptional concentration of remarkable geological formations, from Percé Rock to fossil-bearing cliffs, recounting more than 500 million years of Earth's history.

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Gaspé and the Musée de la Gaspésie
Gaspésie
History & Heritage

Gaspé and the Musée de la Gaspésie

A founding town where Jacques Cartier took possession of the territory in the name of the King of France in 1534, Gaspé pairs this founding heritage with its regional museum, which traces five centuries of history of the First Nations, fishers, and settlers who shaped the peninsula's identity.

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Plage du parc des Îles
1.4 km

Plage du parc des Îles

📍 Matane

Plage · Baignade · Canot récréatif · Kayak récréatif

Géoparc mondial UNESCO de Percé
2 km

Géoparc mondial UNESCO de Percé

📍 Percé

Parc municipal · Baignade · Pêche · Randonnée pédestre

Réserve faunique de Matane
33.8 km

Réserve faunique de Matane

📍 Grosses-Roches

Réserve faunique · Canot récréatif · Chaloupe à rames · Kayak récréatif

Coopérative de solidarité de Mont Saint-Pierre
36.8 km

Coopérative de solidarité de Mont Saint-Pierre

📍 Murdochville

Sport d'aventure et de plein-air · Fatbike · Randonnée pédestre · Raquette

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