Gaspé Peninsula

American  

[ga-spey, gas-pey] / gæˈspeɪ, gasˈpeɪ /

noun

1. a peninsula in SE Canada, in Quebec province, between New Brunswick and the St. Lawrence River.

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Gaspé Peninsula British  

/ ɡaspe, ɡæˈspeɪ /

noun

1. Also called: the Gaspé.  a peninsula in E Canada, in SE Quebec between the St Lawrence River and New Brunswick: mountainous and wooded with many lakes and rivers. Area: about 29 500 sq km (11 400 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Canada’s Gaspé Peninsula feels like the edge of the world.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

Among all the objects, she said the one she holds most dear is a clock from her hometown, Port Daniel, on the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2022

In the summer of 1937 two young British paleontologists were scouring the cliffs of Chaleur Bay along the southern shore of the windswept Gaspé Peninsula in eastern Canada.

From Scientific American • Jun. 17, 2020

Other stops included the natural environments found at Havre Saint Pierre and the Gaspé Peninsula.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2017

On this, his first voyage, Cartier discovered Newfoundland, and, sailing on, anchored off the northerly coast of the Gaspé Peninsula, by which the River St. Lawrence sweeps into the gulf of the same name.

From The Stamps of Canada by Poole, Bertram William Henry