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Gaspé (French pronunciation:) is a city at the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec in Canada. Gaspé is about 650 km (400 mi) northeast of Quebec City and 350 km (220 mi) east of Rimouski. Gaspé has a total population of 15,063, as of the 2021 Canadian Census. [3]
La Côte-de-Gaspé (French pronunciation: [la kot də ɡaspe] ⓘ) is a regional county municipality on the Gaspé peninsula in eastern Quebec, Canada, part of the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region. The seat is Gaspé.
The territory is named after the Saint-Jean River that is considered one of the best salmon rivers in Quebec. This 90 kilometres (56 mi) long river has its source in the Chic-Choc Mountains , about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Murdochville , and runs in a south-east direction for the first 35 kilometres (22 mi), then east to the Bay of Gaspé.
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).
Matapédia (French pronunciation:; former name: Saint-Laurent-de-Matapédia) is a municipality at the southern tip of the Gaspé Peninsula, in eastern Quebec, Canada. Matapédia is located along Quebec Route 132 on the border of New Brunswick .
La Haute-Gaspésie (French pronunciation: [la ot gaspezi]) is a regional county municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada, on the Gaspé peninsula. The regional county municipality seat is in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts. Prior to May 27, 2000, it was known as Denis-Riverin Regional County Municipality. [4]
Rivière-au-Renard (French pronunciation: [ʁivjɛʁ o ʁənaʁ]) 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 ...
The toponym could refer to Jacques de La Ferté de La Madeleine , the first missionary of the place who, however, never went to Canada or the Gaspé region. [ 1 ] In 1874, the Parish of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine was founded and the local post office opened in 1889 under the name Petite-Magdeleine.