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Gaspé Peninsula

The Gaspé Peninsula is a peninsula in eastern Quebec, Canada, between the estuary of the St Lawrence and the Bay of Chaleur. In 1534 Jacques Cartier landed at Gaspé Bay and raised a cross claiming the land for France. A homeland of the Mi'kmaq, it was later settled by French, Acadian, Loyalist and Channel Islands fishing communities.

Gaspé Peninsula
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gaspé Peninsula. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gaspe-peninsula
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