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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.
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").
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.
The peninsula is one of Quebec's most popular tourism regions. The Gaspé National Park (Parc national de la Gaspésie) is in the Chic-Chocs, and Forillon National Park is at the peninsula's northeastern tip. A section of the International Appalachian Trail travels through the peninsula's mountains.
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (French pronunciation: [ɡaspezi il də la madlɛn]) is an administrative region of Quebec consisting of the Gaspé Peninsula (Gaspésie) and the Îles-de-la-Madeleine. It lies in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the eastern extreme of southern Quebec. The predominant economic activities are fishing, forestry and ...
The Zec Baillargeon (referred to 2007: Zec York-Baillargeon) is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone) located in the unorganized territory of Rivière-Saint-Jean, in La Côte-de-Gaspé Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, in Quebec, in Canada.
In 1853, a mission was set up, called Sainte-Cécile-de-Cloridorme. In 1871, the geographic township was formed, the following year the post office opened (called Chlorydormes, and changed to Cloridorme in 1921), and the year after that, the mission became a parish. In 1885, the Township Municipality of Cloridorme was established. [1]
Avignon (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a regional county municipality located in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat and largest city is Carleton-sur-Mer. [2] It is on the Gaspé Peninsula, along Chaleur Bay.