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Gaspé Bay is where Jacques Cartier took possession of New France (now part of Canada) in the name of François I of France on July 24, 1534 - the beginning of France's overseas expansion. [ 2 ] British General James Wolfe raided the Bay in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758) , the year before the Siege of Quebec .
It is separated from New Brunswick on its southern side by Chaleur Bay and the Restigouche River. The name Gaspé comes from the Mi'kmaq word gespe'g, meaning "end", referring to the end of the land. [3] The Gaspé Peninsula is slightly larger than Belgium, at 31,075 square kilometres (11,998 sq mi). [4]
Jacques Cartier setting up a cross at Gaspé in 1534. Gaspé claims the title of "Cradle of French America", because on June 24, 1534, explorer Jacques Cartier halted in the bay after losing an anchor during a storm and claimed possession of the area by planting a wooden cross with the king's coat of arms and the sentence Vive le Roi de France ("Long live the King of France").
Chaleur Bay, also Chaleurs Bay, Bay of Chaleur [1] [2] (in French: Baie des Chaleurs, [3] pronounced [bɛ de ʃalœʁ]), in Mi'gmaq it is called Mawipoqtapei, is an arm of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence located between Quebec and New Brunswick, Canada. [3] The name of the bay is attributed to explorer Jacques Cartier (Baie des Chaleurs). It ...
Gaspé Bay, a bay located on the northeast coast of the namesake peninsula; Gaspé Peninsula, a peninsula where both the city and district are located; HMCS Gaspé, a Royal Canadian Navy shipname; Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, the provincial region containing the Gaspé peninsula and the Magdalen Islands
It is on the Gaspé Peninsula, along Chaleur Bay. Subdivisions. There are 13 subdivisions and 2 native reserves within the RCM: [2] Cities & towns (1)
Owing the area's elevation and proximity to the Saint Lawrence River, the climate of the park is very different from the lowlands of Quebec. Mount Logan, at an altitude of 1,150 m (3,770 ft), has an average annual temperature of −3.6 °C (25.5 °F).
The administrative region of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine was created on December 22, 1987. It brings together two geographical units: the Gaspé Peninsula (20,102.69 km 2, 7,761.69 sq mi) and the Magdalen Islands archipelago (205.4 km 2, 79.3 sq mi).