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Gaspé Bay

Gaspé Bay

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Gaspé Bay is a bay
Bay
A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded or otherwise demarcated by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds....

 located on the northeast coast of the Gaspé Peninsula
Gaspé Peninsula
The Gaspésie or also Gaspé Peninsula or the Gaspé is a peninsula constituting part of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada...

, Québec
Quebec
Quebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking identity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The town of Gaspé, Quebec
Gaspé, Quebec
Gaspé is a town at the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Quebec, Canada. As of the 2006 census, the town had a total population of 14,819....

 lies on a part of its southern shore, while most of its northern shore is in Forillon National Park
Forillon National Park
Forillon National Park is located on the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec, one of 43 national parks and park reserves across Canada. The park includes forests, sea coast, salt marshes, sand dunes, cliffs, and the northern end of the Appalachians. Created in 1970, Forillon was the first national park in...

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Gaspé Bay is a bay
Bay
A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded or otherwise demarcated by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds....

 located on the northeast coast of the Gaspé Peninsula
Gaspé Peninsula
The Gaspésie or also Gaspé Peninsula or the Gaspé is a peninsula constituting part of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada...

, Québec
Quebec
Quebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking identity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The town of Gaspé, Quebec
Gaspé, Quebec
Gaspé is a town at the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Quebec, Canada. As of the 2006 census, the town had a total population of 14,819....

 lies on a part of its southern shore, while most of its northern shore is in Forillon National Park
Forillon National Park
Forillon National Park is located on the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec, one of 43 national parks and park reserves across Canada. The park includes forests, sea coast, salt marshes, sand dunes, cliffs, and the northern end of the Appalachians. Created in 1970, Forillon was the first national park in...

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