This historic site details the 1760 naval battle in the nearby Restigouche River estuary, which finished off France's New World ambitions. The interpretive center with a simulated ship explains the battle's significance to the British and displays salvaged articles, and even parts of a sunken French frigate. It's located a few kilometers west of Pointe à La Croix and 18km east of Matapédia.
Battle of the Restigouche National Historic Site
Gaspé Peninsula
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The information center and museum for Parc National de Miguasha. The museum both exhibits and interprets the park's 380-million-year-old fossil record.
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The world's premier fossil site for illustrating the Devonian period, or the 'age of fish,' when sea creatures started evolving into tetrapods, which…
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