给Celine同学看看魁北克省著名的Gaspe加斯佩半岛的照片,距离蒙特利尔1000多公里,车程长达8到10个小时。
Gaspé is a city at the tip of the
Gaspé Peninsula in the
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern
Quebec,
Canada. It is known for its large snow falls during winter and high gusts of wind year-round. Gaspé is located about 650 kilometres northeast of
Quebec City, and 350 kilometres east of
Rimouski. As of the
Canada 2011 Census, the city had a total population of 15,163。
Gaspé claims the title of "Cradle of
French America", because on June 24, 1534,
Jacques Cartier halted in the bay after losing an anchor during a storm and officially took possession of the area by planting a wooden cross with the king's coat of arms and the sentence
Vive le Roi de France (meaning "Long live the King of France"). Cartier met there an indigenous tribe that referred to the territory as
Honguedo, probably a Mi'kmaq word meaning "meeting place".
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Following the
Treaty of Paris in 1763, British officers and soldiers acquired free land in Gaspé. And in 1784, they were joined by many
Loyalist settlers. From then on, Gaspé became an important commercial fishing centre, especially of
cod. In 1804, its post office opened.
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In 1833 in Gaspé County there were only ten farmers, all in the Gaspé Bay area (of whom seven were also involved in the fishery), four whalers in Gaspé Bay, five shipbuilders (one a
Jersey firm), one blacksmith, two lumber merchants, five shipowners (all Jerseymen), eighteen fish merchants (of whom all but five were Jerseymen) and thirty-two major fishing establishments (of which sixteen were Jersey owned).
Gaspé was first incorporated as a village municipality in 1855.
[1] From 1861 to 1866, the port of Gaspé was a
duty-free port, making shipping the primary economic activity. With some 40 to 50 European ships docking annually, many countries opened consulates in Gaspé, including Italy, United States, Brasil, Portugal, and Norway. By 1911, the railroad reached Gaspé. But the town's ambition to become an international shipping and transportation hub ended with the growing importance of the
Montreal and
Halifax harbours.
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During World War II, some 3000 soldiers were stationed at a naval base built at Sandy Beach, in order to patrol the Gulf of Saint Lawrence against German submarines.
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In 1959, Gaspé gained city status. In 1971, the city was greatly expanded when it amalgamated these 11 surrounding municipalities (with year of original incorporation):
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