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
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)
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
Percé Rock
…be moored. Midway across the rock is a shoal that stretches over a length of 0.25 miles (400 m). The rock formation has about 150 fossil species. In Bonaventure Island where the park is situated, conglomerates from the Carboniferous period of more than 310 million years are recorded. Next to the rock is Bonaventure…
Bonaventure Island as seen from the sea
An abandoned homestead on the western side of the island.
Cliffs overlooking a rocky beach.