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The Gaspésie (official name) or also Gaspé Peninsula or the Gaspé is a peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
  constituting part of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence River is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean....
, in Quebec
Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. It extends into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Gulf of Saint Lawrence

Gulf of Saint Lawrence , the world's largest estuary, is the outlet of North America's Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean....
 and is separated from New Brunswick
New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only Constitution of Canada bilingual province in the federation. The provincial capital is Fredericton....
 by the baie des Chaleurs and the Restigouche River
Restigouche River

The Restigouche River is a river that flows across the northwestern part of the province of New Brunswick and the southeastern part of Quebec....
.

The interior is rugged, being a northward extension of the Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains or , often called the Appalachians, are a vast mountain range in eastern North America. Definitions vary on the precise boundaries of the Appalachians....
.






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The Gaspésie (official name) or also Gaspé Peninsula or the Gaspé is a peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
  constituting part of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence River is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean....
, in Quebec
Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. It extends into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Gulf of Saint Lawrence

Gulf of Saint Lawrence , the world's largest estuary, is the outlet of North America's Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean....
 and is separated from New Brunswick
New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only Constitution of Canada bilingual province in the federation. The provincial capital is Fredericton....
 by the baie des Chaleurs and the Restigouche River
Restigouche River

The Restigouche River is a river that flows across the northwestern part of the province of New Brunswick and the southeastern part of Quebec....
.

The interior is rugged, being a northward extension of the Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains or , often called the Appalachians, are a vast mountain range in eastern North America. Definitions vary on the precise boundaries of the Appalachians....
. This range is called the Chic-Choc Mountains
Chic-Choc Mountains

The Chic-Choc Mountains, often called Shick Shocks in English language, is a group of mountains in the central Gasp? Peninsula in Quebec, Canada....
. A section of the International Appalachian Trail
International Appalachian Trail

The International Appalachian Trail is a hiking trail which runs from the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail at Mount Katahdin, Maine through the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec to the northernmost tip of the Appalachian Mountains at Belle Isle , Newfoundland and Labrador....
 travels along the peninsula. Route 132
Quebec route 132

Route 132 is the longest highway in Quebec. It follows the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River from the border with the state of New York in the hamlet of Dundee, Quebec , west of Montreal to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and circles the Gasp? Peninsula....
 circles the peninsula, with one branch following the coast and the other cutting across the peninsula at Sainte-Flavie. Forillon National Park
Forillon National Park

Forillon National Park of Canada is located on the Gasp? Peninsula of Quebec. The park includes forests, sea coast, salt marshes, sand dunes, cliffs, and the northern end of the Appalachians....
 is found at the northeastern tip of the Gaspé.

The easternmost point of the peninsula jutting into the Gulf of St. Lawrence is called Cap Gaspé. The name "Gaspé" comes from a Mi'kmaq
Mi'kmaq

The M?kmaq , traditionally spelled Micmac in English, but Mi?kmaq by the M?kmaq of Nova Scotia, Miigmaq by the M?kmaq of New Brunswick, Mi?gmaq by the Listuguj Council in Quebec, or M?gmaq in some native literature, are a First Nations people, indigenous to northeastern New England, Canada's Atlantic Provin...
 word gespeg meaning "land's end".

Inland

Route 198
Quebec route 198

Route 198 is a 132 km two-lane highway which cuts through the Appalachian Mountains in the Gasp? Peninsula, Quebec, Canada. It acts both as a shortcut to get to Gasp? without having to go through many small villages and steep climbs on Quebec Route 132, and it also is the only link to Murdochville, the one municipality along this long stretch...
 leads inland from the northern shore of the peninsula. It soon climbs up from sea level
Sea level

Mean sea level is the average height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level , however, involves complex measurement, and accurately determining MSL can prove difficult....
, and enters the forest of the Gaspé Peninsula, crossing several small rivers before reaching the town of Murdochville
Murdochville, Quebec

Murdochville is a small mining community located in Quebec, Canada. Its population is 812.The mining operation in the town was comparatively large, starting with mining the raw ore and finishing with an end product of pure copper anode....
 at about 660 metres above sea level. Murdochville has had a varied history, and is now home to several wind turbine
Wind turbine

A wind turbine is a rotating machine which converts the kinetic energy in wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used directly by machinery, such as a pump or grinding stones, the machine is usually called a windmill....
 farms, which together have one of the largest wind generating capacities in the world. From Murdochville, Route 198 winds its way along the York River to the city of Gaspé. The inland portions of the peninsula are also home to the Chic-Choc Mountains
Chic-Choc Mountains

The Chic-Choc Mountains, often called Shick Shocks in English language, is a group of mountains in the central Gasp? Peninsula in Quebec, Canada....
, part of the Notre Dame Mountains
Notre Dame Mountains

The Notre Dame Mountains are a portion of the Appalachian Mountains, extending from the Gasp? Peninsula of Quebec to the Green Mountains of Vermont....
, an extension of the Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains or , often called the Appalachians, are a vast mountain range in eastern North America. Definitions vary on the precise boundaries of the Appalachians....
.

Southern coast

At the communities of Restigouche
Restigouche

Restigouche, deriving from the M?kmaq language name Listuguj , is the name of several geographic and political features in northern New Brunswick and neighbouring Quebec:...
 and Gesgapegiag
Gesgapegiag

Gesgapegiag is one of two First Nations reserves on the south shore of the Gasp?sie, most of whom are of Mi'gmaq ancestry. Most of the members reside on the federal Indian reserve that was set aside by the legislature of Lower Canada in 1853, for the exclusive use of the majority of Mi'gmaq in this region....
 there are sizeable Mi'kmaq reserves and settlements. A small vigorous remnant is left of a once-thriving English-speaking community, found on the coast of Baie des Chaleurs, opposite New Brunswick, especially in the communities of New Richmond
New Richmond, Quebec

New Richmond is an incorporated municipality in Quebec, Canada situated on the southern coast of the Gasp? Peninsula between the municipalities of Maria, Quebec and Caplan, Quebec....
 and New Carlisle
New Carlisle, Quebec

New Carlisle, Quebec is a small town in the Gasp? region of Quebec, best known as the birthplace of Ren? L?vesque; although he was actually born in Campbellton, New Brunswick....
. The vast majority of people speak French as their first language. As a tribute to the colonial Loyalist
United Empire Loyalists

The name United Empire Loyalists is a honorific name which has been given after the fact to those Loyalist who resettled in British North America and other British Colonies as an act of fealty to George III of the United Kingdom after the Kingdom of Great Britain defeat in the American Revolutionary War and prior to the Treaty of Paris ....
 settlements, Duthie Point in New Richmond
New Richmond, Quebec

New Richmond is an incorporated municipality in Quebec, Canada situated on the southern coast of the Gasp? Peninsula between the municipalities of Maria, Quebec and Caplan, Quebec....
 has recreated a Loyalist-theme site (called le village loyaliste).

See also

  • Acadia
    Acadia

    Acadia was the name given to lands in a portion of the French colonial empires in northeastern North America that included parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritimes, and modern-day New England, stretching as far south as Philadelphia....
  • List of people from the Gaspé Peninsula
  • List of Quebec regions
    List of Quebec regions

    The province of Quebec, Canada, is officially divided into 17 administrative regions. Traditionally it is divided into around twenty regions. The Institut de la Statistique du Qu?bec estimates the July 2006 population of Quebec at 7,651,531....

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