Gaspé Peninsula
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The Gaspé Peninsula, also known as Gaspesia, is a peninsula along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River that extends from the Matapedia Valley in Quebec, Canada, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It
Mont Albert, in the Chic-Choc Mountains of the Gaspé Peninsula
Rocher Percé, c. 1900
Lac aux Américains in Gaspé National Park (Parc national de la Gaspésie)
Quebec Route 132 in Carleton-sur-Mer
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
Gaspé Peninsula
…peninsula's northern shore along the St. Lawrence River. Cap Gaspé, jutting into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, is the easternmost point of the peninsula. Percé Rock (or Rocher Percé), an island pierced by a natural arch, is just offshore of the peninsula's eastern end. The peninsula's interior is a rugged northward…
Percé Rock in 2025
Northern gannets on Bonaventure Island and also seen on Percé Rock
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)