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.

This sector brings together the vestiges of a multicultural community — Jersey, Irish, French-Canadian, Italian, English, Scottish, and Jewish — that shaped this portion of the Gaspesian coast for nearly three centuries. The exhibition "These Gaspesians from the End of the World", presented in the Dolbel-Roberts House, traces this mosaic of origins, while the neighboring Anse-Blanchette site allows visitors to explore the barn and farm buildings of a typical fishing and farming family, illustrating the way of life that combined commercial cod fishing and subsistence agriculture—an economy characteristic of most Gaspesian families before the massive expropriations that accompanied the creation of the national park in 1970.

Address

Parc national Forillon, Gaspé (QC) G4X 7Z9

Website

parcs.canada.ca/pn-np/qc/forillon

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Budget

CAMPING PARC NATURE GASPÉ

Camping · 6.3 km

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PAVILLONS ANNA MABEL

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Comfort

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HÔTEL PLANTE

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☀️ Activities — Summer

5 nearby options · straight-line distance from this site

🏕️Sport d'aventure et de plein-air📍 6.6 km

Horizon

Sport d'aventure et de plein-air · Kayak de mer · Planche à pagaie (SUP) · Randonnée pédestre · Interprétation / observation de la nature

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⛵Marina📍 6.6 km

Marina de Gaspé / Club nautique Jacques-Cartier/École de voile le Cormoran

Marina · Planche à pagaie (SUP) · Voile

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🏕️Sport d'aventure et de plein-air📍 7.5 km

Cap Aventure

Sport d'aventure et de plein-air · Baignade · Kayak de mer · Kayak récréatif · Kayak-camping · Planche à pagaie (SUP) · Vélo · Croisière / excursion en bateau · Interprétation / observation de la nature

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🌟Plage📍 7.6 km

Plage Haldimand

Plage · Baignade · Kayak récréatif · Pêche · Pédalo · Planche à pagaie (SUP) · Planche à voile · Plongée sous-marine · Voile · Vélo · Volleyball de plage

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🏕️Sport d'aventure et de plein-air📍 7.6 km

Croisières Baie de Gaspé / Safari aux baleines

Sport d'aventure et de plein-air

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❄️ Activities — Winter

3 nearby options · straight-line distance from this site

🏕️Sport d'aventure et de plein-air📍 6.6 km

Horizon

Sport d'aventure et de plein-air · Randonnée pédestre · Raquette · Interprétation / observation de la nature

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❄️Glissoire d’hiver📍 10.8 km

Mont-Béchervaise / Glissade sur neige

Glissoire d’hiver · Glissade sur neige

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⛷️Centre de ski alpin / planche à neige📍 10.9 km

Centre de Ski Mont-Béchervaise

Centre de ski alpin / planche à neige · Raquette · Ski alpin / planche à neige · Ski de montagne / randonnée alpine

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