Upper Gaspé
Upper Gaspé is a region of the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec. It stretches over 130 km on the southern coast of the St. Lawrence River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gil on cam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Sainte-Anne-des-Monts and Grande-Vallée and Petite-Vallée.
Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sainte-Anne-des-Monts is a town of about 6,100 on the south shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, east of Quebec City in the Gaspé Peninsula. Travellers are most likely to stop in the town en route to nearby Gaspésie National Park or to further-flung destinations such as Percé.
Grande-Vallée and Petite-Vallée
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grande-Vallée and Petite-Vallée are two small villages next to each other on the north shore of the Gaspé Peninsula. Grande-Vallée is home to about 1,100 people, while about 180 live in Petite-Vallée.
Gaspésie National Park
Photo: Emmanuel Milou, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gaspésie National Park is a Quebec provincial park in the heart of the Gaspé Peninsula. The main attraction of the park is the Chic-Choc mountains, one of Quebec's highest mountain ranges, part of the Appalachian Mountains.
Upper Gaspé
- Type: regional county municipality of Quebec with 11,000 residents
- Description: regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “La Haute-Gaspesie”, “La Haute-Gaspésie”, and “La Haute-Gaspésie Regional County Municipality”
- Location: Gaspé Peninsula, Southeastern Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
49.2167° or 49° 13′ 0″ northLongitude of center
-66.0667° or 66° 4′ 0″ westPopulation
11,000Wikidata ID
Q1517912
This page is based on Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Upper Gaspé from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Upper Gaspé” goes by many names.
- Basque: “La Haute-Gaspésie”
- Dutch: “La Haute-Gaspésie”
- French: “Denis-Riverin”
- French: “La Haute-Gaspésie”
- German: “La Haute-Gaspésie”
- Irish: “La Haute-Gaspésie”
- Italian: “Municipalità regionale della contea di La Haute-Gaspésie”
- Persian: “شهرستان لا اوت-کاسپزی”
- Polish: “La Haute-Gaspésie”
- Portuguese: “La Haute-Gaspésie”
- Spanish: “La Haute-Gaspesie”
- Spanish: “La Haute-Gaspésie”
Gaspé Peninsula: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Gaspé, Percé, Forillon National Park, and Chandler.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
About Mapcarta. 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 “Upper Gaspé”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.