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Gaspé Peninsula, Canada
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Chaleur Bay (La Baie-des-Chaleurs) is a region of the Gaspé Peninsula. It has the second longest natural strip of sand in the world, making it a popular tourist destination. The region's salmon rivers are world-renowned.
By car
From Montreal, Quebec City or Rivière-du-Loup, take Autoroute 20 east until it ends at Mont-Joli, then continue on route 132 east towards Amqui.
By bus
By car
Route 132 is the main highway in the region. It follows the coast of Chaleur Bay.
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a community mostly made up of Acadians
a city rich in Acadian culture; the Acadians arrived as refugees when they were deported from what are now the Maritime provinces in 1775
opposite Campbellton, New Brunswick; famous for the Battle of the Restigouche National Historic Site, a large sandbar jutting out into the bay which has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada
a paleontological site along a cliff on the shore, recognized as an exceptional natural world heritage site by UNESCO, with 370-million-year-old fossils, a natural history museum, exhibitions, restaurant, picnic areas, walking trails
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