Bonaventure Island
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Bonaventure Island is a Canadian island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence located 3.5 km off the southern coast of Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula, 5 km southeast of the village of Percé. Roughly circular in shape
Bonaventure Island as seen from the sea
An abandoned homestead on the western side of the island.
Cliffs overlooking a rocky beach.
Northern gannets on Bonaventure Island.
Percé Rock
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Percé Rock is a huge sheer rock formation in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence on the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada, off Percé Bay. Percé Rock appears from a distance like a ship under sail. I
Bonaventure Island
…this time approximately 35 families were forced to move elsewhere, all residents were evicted. Later the Province of Quebec grouped it together with Percé Rock into the Parc national de l'île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé (Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock National Park) in 1985. One of the largest and most…
Percé Rock in 2025
Print title: "A view of the Pierced Island, a remarkable rock in the Gulf of St. Laurence—two leagues to the southward of Gaspée Bay" drawn by Captain Hervey Smyth, 1760; engraved by Pierre Charles Cannot 1768. Note there are two arches
Percé village, Percé Rock and the Parc national de l'île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé (Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock National Park)