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The Gaspé Peninsula, also known as Gaspesia [2] (French: Gaspésie, ; Mi'kmaq: Gespe'gewa'ki), 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 is separated from New Brunswick on its southern side by Chaleur Bay and the Restigouche River.
Map of New Brunswick showing the major streams and rivers. This is a List of bodies of water in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, including waterfalls. New Brunswick receives precipitation year-round, which feeds numerous streams and rivers.
Map of Matapedia Valley. At the western extremity of the valley is the village of Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, Quebec. [12] From north to south, it runs a length of 375 km (233 mi) until it reaches the Restigouche River to the east, which borders New Brunswick.
The Saint John River is thought to be the second-longest river on the North American eastern seaboard between the St. Lawrence River and the Mississippi River. The Kent Hills Wind Farm sits atop an extension of the Appalachian Mountain range in southeastern New Brunswick.
Matapédia is located south of the Saint Lawrence River on the south side of the Gaspé Peninsula at the eastern end of the Matapédia Valley at the mouth of the Matapédia River in junction with the Restigouche River. It is located 500 km northeast of Quebec City and 350 km southwest of the city of Gaspé.
The range runs from northeast to southwest, forming the southern edge of the St. Lawrence River valley, and following the Canada–United States border between Quebec and Maine. The mountainous New Brunswick "panhandle" is located in the Notre Dame range as well as the uppermost reaches of the Connecticut River valley in New Hampshire.
The shores of Chaleur Bay include numerous beaches, particularly in the south. Many rivers also form barachois or barrier beaches.The Eel River Bar is one such beach, located at the mouth of the Eel River, immediately to the west of the village of Charlo, New Brunswick.
Route 132 is the longest highway in Quebec.It follows the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River from the border with the state of New York in the hamlet of Dundee (connecting with New York State Route 37 (NY 37) via NY 970T, an unsigned reference route, north of Massena [2]), west of Montreal to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and circles the Gaspé Peninsula.