Grand Isolation.

Autor: Parent, Kevin
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Zdroj: National Geographic Traveler; Oct2009, Vol. 26 Issue 7, p83-84, 2p, 3 Color Photographs
Abstrakt: The article offers information on Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec as a tourist destination. It notes that Gaspé is surrounded by Gulf of St. Lawrence and is geographically isolated with a population of 135,000. It adds that fishes and forestry are its main resources. It mentions that travelers can admire the red cliffs in Perceé and walk in a limestone butte rising from the sea at low tide. Moreover, it states that Jacques Cartier claimed Gaspé bay in 1534.
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