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WHERE QUÉBEC
MEETS THE SEA
Discovering
the Magic of Gaspé
BY ROGER RAPOPORT
787 flight from Paris, flew over the Gaspé
The seat belt sign illuminated as my Boeing
Peninsula. Our westbound jet to Montréal
shook, rattled and rolled, giving my 300
fellow passengers a fleeting 15-minute aerial
glimpse of this Gaspésie treasure.
From 10,700 metres, it’s hard to get a grasp of this
region that has been considered to be the birthplace
of French Canada where explorer Jacques Cartier
first claimed the land for France in 1534.
As we flew over, I wanted to put in a call to the car-
tographer mapping the route on the seat video
monitor. Obviously missing were the famous seabird
rookery of Bonaventure Island, the photogenic Cap-
des-Rosiers Lighthouse, and a string of river towns
that rank among North America’s finest kayaking des-
tinations.
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