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Gaspésie Park (Parc de la Gaspésie ) is a sprawling park on the Gaspé Peninsula offering excellent hiking in the great Chic Choc range.
It is home to Mount Albert, and its five square miles of moon-like plateau, and Mount Jacques-Cartier's unique mountain top tundra.
The park is home to 25 of Quebec Province's 40 highest mountains. This unique wilderness also preserves plants that are found nowhere else on earth.
Gaspésie, located 316 miles northeast of Québec City, is also the only area in Québec where you can find endangered caribou, white-tailed deer and moose.
Gaspésie is an important park and hiking stop along the newly-created International Appalachian Trail. This region is where the northern tier of the Appalachians plunge into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
This hiker's paradise is wild country. Trails along the Chic Choc spine and Mont McGerrigle range offer exceptional views of the Sainte-Anne river valley.
The glacial circle at Lake Aux Américains is another unique attraction.
Access to the northern boundary of the park is from Hwy. 132, or from Sainte-Anne-des-Monts on Hwy. 299. The park’s south entrance is off Hwy. 132 or from New Richmond on Hwy. 299. There is a daily shuttle from Mont-Saint-Pierre to Mount Jacques-Cartier.
There is fishing for salmon and other species, mountain biking, canoeing, row-boating, kayaking, guided nature walks and in winter snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.
The park offers hiking shoes, boats, cross-country skis and snowshoeing equipment for rent.
Access to Jacques-Cartier is allowed only from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from June 24 to Sept. 30. Access is prohibited from Oct. 1 to 30 during caribou’s mating season and from May 1 to June 23 during their calving period.
Caution is recommended on highlands and summits due to harsh weather in mid-winter. There is also a high risk of avalanche in steep areas devoid of vegetation on mounts Albert, Jacques-Cartier and Logan.
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