Executive summary by darmansjah
The 11,714-square-mile (30,340-square-kilometer) Gaspé (Gaspésie)
Peninsula is Quebec’s wind-and-sea-sculpted continuation of the Appalachian
range. Divided into five natural areas—the Coast, Land's End, the Bay of
Chaleur, the Valley, and the Upper Gaspé—the peninsula contains six wildlife
sanctuaries, 25 of Quebec’s highest peaks, and four national parks. Remote
Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock National Park are the summer nesting home of
250,000 birds and site of legendary Rocher-Percé, the haunting limestone arch
rising from the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Summer (June-September) activities include kayaking, canyoning,
hiking, sailing, and horseback riding. Winter on the Gaspé brings every
imaginable cold weather adventure from downhill skiing and snowmobiling to ice
climbing and dog sledding. Drive the 550-mile (885-kilometer) Grand Tour loop
(north or south at the Route 132 split in Sainte-Flavie) for a coastal overview
of the peninsula, or choose one of Gaspésie Tourism’scustom routes focused on
specialty interests like gardens, lighthouses, or paleontology.
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