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Significant buildings in the district include the Town Hall, a railroad depot, Peninsula High School, the G.A.R. Hall, and three churches. [2] The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1] Its boundaries were expanded in 2017 to include additional buildings and Deep Lock Quarry Metro Park. [3]
Rivière-au-Renard is a former municipality in the Gaspé Peninsula, in the province of Quebec, Canada, now part of the Town of Gaspé.. Originally settled in the 1790s by French-Canadian and Irish families, Rivière-au-Renard is located on the banks of a large open bay on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the eastern end of the Gaspé Peninsula.
The town is the seat for the La Matanie Regional County Municipality. In addition to Matane itself, the town's territory also includes the communities of Petit-Matane and Saint-Luc-de-Matane. There is a ferry service which crosses the river to Baie-Comeau and Godbout on the north shore as well as a rail ferry service to Baie-Comeau and Sept-Îles .
Matapédia station is a Via Rail station in Matapédia, Quebec, Canada.Matapédia is the junction between two rail lines. The east-west former Intercolonial Railway mainline from Halifax to Rivière-du-Loup is joined from the east by a line running along the south coast of the Gaspé Peninsula to the town of Gaspé.
The territory of the Matapedia Valley is drained through the Matapedia River, which has a watershed area of 3,824 square kilometres (1,476 sq mi). It is known for its Atlantic salmon fishing. Additionally, the valley has more than 200 lakes, the most significant of which is Lake Matapedia, with an area of 38 square kilometres (15 sq mi).
New Richmond (French pronunciation: [nju ʁitʃmənd]) is an incorporated municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated on the southern coast of the Gaspé Peninsula between the municipalities of Maria and Caplan. New Richmond is bounded on the west by the Grand Cascapedia River. The Little Cascapedia runs to the east of the town proper.
The town of Murdochville, at about 660 metres (2,170 ft) above sea level, has had a varied history, and is now home to several wind turbines. It is reached by Route 198, which extends inland from the northern shore of the peninsula, soon climbing into the mountains and entering vast forests, crossing several small rivers before reaching the ...
Chandler (French pronunciation: [tʃandlɚ,-lœʁ]) is a town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. It is the second-most populous town on the Gaspé Peninsula after the Town of Gaspé. It was known as Pabos between June 27, 2001 and May 4, 2002. [1]