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Regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Upper Gaspé (La Haute-Gaspésie) is a region of the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec. It stretches over 130 km on the southern coast of the St. Lawrence River.
By plane
The regional airports closest to Upper Gaspé are those of Mont-Joli, Bonaventure and Gaspé, which are 2 hr, 2 hr 45 min and 3 hr drive from Sainte-Anne-des-Monts respectively.
Route 132 is the main highway in the region. It follows the coast of the St. Lawrence River. Route 299 provides access to the Parc national de la Gaspésie. Route 198 provides access to Murdochville.
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on the north shore of the peninsula, an important service centre for the region, home of the Exploramer museum-aquarium, one of the must-see activities in the Gaspé
home to an annual festival of Québécois folk music
an 802-km² provincial park including the Chic-Choc and McGerrigle mountains which have some of the highest peaks in Eastern Canada, magnificent landscapes, caribou, moose and white-tailed deer, vegetation passing from the tundra to the boreal forest and the subalpine forest, 140 km of trails, fishing, boating, skiing, snowshoeing, and multi-day hiking
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