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This unique park at the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula is home to Bonaventure Island and a 5 million-ton monolith (Rocher Percé) shaped by stormy seas, strong gales and rugged winter weather.
Parc National de l'lle-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé preserves a 2.2-square-mile coastal region. From the mainland, at low tide visitors can walk out to the massive towering Rocher Percé rock.
Offshore is Bonaventure Island, home to unique plants and 80,000 nesting northern gannets, the largest northern gannet population in North America and the second-most important in the world.
This provincial park, a haven for botanists and birdwatchers, is located about 500 miles northeast of Qué City off Hwy. 132. It offers forests, natural meadows, cliffs and fields for nature viewing, in addition to beaches.
Some sectors of Bonaventure and Rocher Percé are critical migratory bird sanctuaries and may be closed to the public. Visitors can dock their boats at Bonaventure wharf, but private boats are prohibited within 1,650 feet of the island elsewhere and barred from within .62-mile of Rocher Percé.
Commercial boats, which operate from the Percé wharf, transport visitors to Bonaventure.
Other activities include hiking and guided tours to Rocher Percé and the Leboutillier historic home.
Outdoor Activities |
This is a critical nesting area for northern gannets.
Explore the interior of this unique park.
At low tide, visitors can walk out to Rocher Percé.
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