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Gaspé Peninsula

The Gaspé Peninsula, in , , is sandwiched between the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the adjacent St. Lawrence estuary on the north, and Chaleur Bay to the south.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Gaspé and Percé.

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With a population of over 15,000 and a history that stretches back to the dawn of European colonization in what is now Canada, is the largest city and unofficial capital of the region with which it shares its name.

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Located at its east end, is the bustling tourist epicentre of the Gaspé Peninsula, with a permanent population around 3,000. Though it's a proud member of the Most Beautiful Villages in Quebec, may be off-putting at first: the crowds, tacky…

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You'll find of Canada at the final of 's Gaspé Peninsula, where the mighty Chic-Choc Mountains collide head-on with the sea.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Land’s End and Chaleur Bay.

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Located at its outermost extremity, where the St. Lawrence estuary meets the open ocean, Land's End is where you'll find the bulk of the Gaspé Peninsula's population, as well as the most interesting attractions of the region.

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is a region of the Gaspé Peninsula. It has the second longest natural strip of sand in the world, making it a popular tourist destination. The region's salmon rivers are world-renowned.

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The Coast is a region of the Gaspé Peninsula in . The Gaspé Coast comprises the south bank of the Saint Lawrence river in the southwest of the peninsula.

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is a region of the Gaspé Peninsula in . It stretches over 130 km on the southern coast of the St. Lawrence River.

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The is a region of the Gaspé Peninsula in . Sometimes called "La Vallée", it is the western part of the Gaspé and the only one not to have access to the sea.

Gaspé Peninsula

Latitude of center
48.6581° or 48° 39′ 29″ north
Longitude of center
-65.7528° or 65° 45′ 10″ west
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4869763927
Wiki­data ID
Q151559
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Gaspé Peninsula” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غاسبيزيا”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qaspe yarımadası”
  • Breton: “Gaspésie”
  • Catalan: “Gaspèsia”
  • Catalan: “Península de Gaspé”
  • Chinese: “加斯佩半岛”
  • Chinese: “加斯佩半島”
  • Czech: “Gaspé”
  • Czech: “Gaspésie”
  • Czech: “polostrov Gaspé”
  • Danish: “Gaspéhalvøen”
  • Dutch: “Gaspe Peninsula”
  • Dutch: “Gaspesie”
  • Dutch: “Gaspésie”
  • Esperanto: “Duoninsulo Gaspé”
  • Esperanto: “Gaspé”
  • Esperanto: “Gaspegio”
  • Esperanto: “Gaspezio”
  • Estonian: “Gaspésie”
  • Finnish: “Gaspen niemimaa”
  • Finnish: “Gaspén niemimaa”
  • French: “Gaspésie”
  • French: “péninsule de Gaspé”
  • French: “péninsule de la Gaspésie”
  • French: “péninsule gaspésienne”
  • German: “Gaspesie”
  • German: “Gaspésie”
  • Hebrew: “גאספזי”
  • Indonesian: “Gaspésie”
  • Italian: “Penisola Gaspé”
  • Japanese: “ガスペー半島”
  • Japanese: “ガスペ半島”
  • Korean: “가스페반도”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gaspéhalvøya”
  • Norwegian: “Gaspéhalvøya”
  • Persian: “شبه‌جزیره گاسپه”
  • Polish: “Gaspésie”
  • Polish: “Półwysep Gaspé”
  • Portuguese: “Gaspésia”
  • Portuguese: “Península de Gaspé”
  • Portuguese: “Península Gaspé”
  • Romanian: “Peninsula Gaspé”
  • Russian: “Гаспе”
  • Russian: “Полуостров Гаспе”
  • Slovenian: “Gaspésie”
  • Slovenian: “Gaspeški polotok”
  • Spanish: “Gaspe Peninsula”
  • Spanish: “Gaspé Peninsula”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula de Gaspesia”
  • Spanish: “península de Gaspesia”
  • Spanish: “Península de la Gaspesia”
  • Spanish: “Península gaspesiana”
  • Swedish: “Gaspehalvön”
  • Swedish: “Gaspéhalvön”
  • Swedish: “Gaspésie”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаспе (півострів)”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаспе”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Gaspé Peninsula”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.