Gaspé Travel Guide

The Pointe-au-Pere Lighthouse National Historic Site is located approximately 7 km east of Rimouski, Quebec, and is the second-tallest lighthouse in Canada. The site includes the lighthouse, the keeper's house, the Onondaga submarine (the only submarine open to the public in Canada), and the Empress of Ireland Museum, showcasing the maritime history of the St. Lawrence River. The St. Lawrence River is considered one of the most difficult waterways to navigate in the world, and this pilot station once provided pilotage services for ships traveling between North America and Europe.

Miguasha National Park (Parc national de Miguasha) is located on the south shore of Baie-des-Chaleurs in Nouvelle, Quebec. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. The park is famous for preserving fossils of fish and plants from the Devonian period, approximately 380 million years ago, which record a key stage in the evolution of fish to tetrapods and are of great scientific significance for understanding vertebrate evolution. The park features a natural history museum displaying precious fossil specimens and offers guided visits to the fossil cliffs.

Grande-Vallée is a small fishing village on the St. Lawrence River coast of Quebec's Gaspésie peninsula. The town is known for its municipal beach (Plage municipale de Grande-Vallée)—with fine sand, shallow waters suitable for family wading, and equipped with picnic areas, beach chairs, children's playground facilities, and public restrooms. The village also features the riverside Alexis-Caron Park, and an overlook along Highway 132 with views of the town (equipped with picnic tables and information panels). River, mountain, and sea converge here, with scenery that shifts rapidly with the tides, fog, sunlight, and wind.

The Pointe-à-la-Renommée Lighthouse is located on the north shore of the Gaspésie peninsula in Quebec, Canada. It is a century-old lighthouse and the site of North America's first coastal radiotelegraph station (the Marconi station), established in 1904. The lighthouse was once "exiled" to the Old Port of Quebec City for about 20 years before being returned to its original site in 1997 thanks to efforts by the local community. Today it offers an immersive museum experience presenting the life of lighthouse keepers and the history of radio communication, and features a network of hiking trails connecting the sea and the mountains, making it a historic landmark of the Gaspésie north shore.

The Cap-des-Rosiers Lighthouse (a national historic site) stands on the easternmost cape of the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec. Built in 1858, the tower is about 34.1 meters tall, making it the tallest lighthouse in Canada. Its summit features an observation platform with panoramic views over the St. Lawrence Gulf coastline, and it is a landmark seaside stop along the Gaspé coastal circuit drive.

Forillon National Park sits at the tip of Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula — Quebec's first national park — famed for sheer sea cliffs, lighthouses and North Atlantic scenery. It compresses mountains, forest, coast and bays into one place: hikers follow clifftop trails above the Gulf of St. Lawrence, visit historic lighthouses and fishing villages, and may spot whales and seabird cliffs offshore.