Gaspe Attractions

 
Gaspé, the main town of the peninsula and the administrative and commercial center, is on a hillside overlooking the York Rivière, which runs into Gaspé Bay. The town owes its fame to Jacques Cartier, since it was here that he first set foot on the continent of North America in July 1534, fashioned a wooden cross under the gaze of the local settlers and took possession of the land "in the name of the King of France".

Nowadays Gaspé is a community based on fishing and the fishing industry.

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