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    The Cross of Gaspé is a monolithic granite cross installed in 1934 in the town of Gaspé, Quebec, commissioned by the Government of Canada to commemorate...
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    Gaspé is a city at the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec in Canada. Gaspé is about 650 km (400 mi)...
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  • "gaspe" , "gaspee", or "gaspesie" on Wikipedia. Cross of Gaspé All pages with titles beginning with Gaspe All pages with titles beginning with Gaspé All...
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    "Municipality of Rivière-à-Pierre") has contributed to the erection of the Cross of Gaspé. This monolithic cross inaugurated on August 25, 1934, in Gaspé, was...
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    George's Cross was carried by John Cabot when he reached the later-named Newfoundland in 1497. In 1534, Jacques Cartier planted a cross in Gaspé bearing...
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    The Montreal–Gaspé train (formerly the Chaleur) was a thrice-weekly passenger train operated by Via Rail between Montreal and Gaspé, Quebec. Passenger...
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    Plains of Abraham Exhibition Centre Parc Aquarium du Québec Jardin zoologique du Québec Château Frontenac Percé Rock Route Verte Cross of Gaspé Miguasha...
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    Jacques Cartier (category Explorers of Canada)
    shores of Gaspé Bay with a party of St. Lawrence Iroquoians, where on July 24 he planted a cross to claim the land for France. The 10-metre cross bearing...
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    Miramichi River, Bathurst and Campbellton, to Canada East. It would cross the Gaspé Peninsula using the Matapédia River valley Kempt Road before heading...
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    Chic-Choc Mountains of the Gaspé Peninsula, ending at the peninsula's easternmost point, Cap Gaspé in Forillon National Park. From Cap Gaspé, the IAT skips...
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  • 2016-11-02. Now Player. "Super wings S6". Now Player. Super Wings at IMDb List of Super Wings episodes at TheTVDB List of Super Wings episodes at TV Guide...
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    vital gateways that shaped the movement of people, ideas, and resources on both sides of the border. "Gaspé Peninsula". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Appalachia...
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    Samuel de Champlain. 1534 - On July 24, Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and claims it for France. 1535 - Cartier's expedition sails...
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    Quebec (redirect from Province of Quebec)
    ordered from the Kingdom of France, Jacques Cartier became the first European explorer to discover and map Quebec when he landed in Gaspé on July 24, 1534. In...
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  • Bennett unveiled a stone cross in Gaspé, Quebec to mark the 400th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's arrival. Herb Pennock of the Boston Red Sox appeared...
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    Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters (category Canadian recipients of the Military Cross)
    Western Allies' tank ace of the Second World War. Radley-Walters was born in Gaspé, Quebec in 1920, the son and grandson of Anglican ministers. He graduated...
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    Battery Point Formation (category Geologic formations of Quebec)
    part of the Gaspé Sandstones, the Battery Point Formation is believed to have been deposited in a fluvial environment based on the presence of rootlets...
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    Edmund James Flynn (category Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) candidates for the Canadian House of Commons)
    Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Gaspé in 1878. He crossed the floor in 1879 and joined the Conservative Party, a very controversial...
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    Matane River (category Gaspé Peninsula)
    region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, on the Gaspé Peninsula, in the province of Quebec, Canada, which empties into the Saint Lawrence River at the city of Matane...
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    Donnacona (category Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada))
    course of his first voyage, he and his men encountered two hundred people fishing near Gaspé Bay. Cartier's men erected a "thirty foot long" cross which...
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    in those towns have an accent very close to that of their Acadian neighbours. The culture of the Gaspé is very much based on the sea. Tourist attractions...
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  • Jacques de Lesseps (category Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States))
    photography operations along the Gaspé, Quebec coastline in October 1927. A cairn erected to his memory exists near Gaspé. It records that de Lesseps was...
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    Senneterre Montreal–Gaspé train to Charny, Rivière-du-Loup, Rimouski, Matapédia, Carleton-sur-Mer, New Carlisle, Chandler, Percé and Gaspé (This service was...
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    located on the same latitude as Gaspé, Quebec, a city of similar size and landscape on the other side of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Corner Brook is the...
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    This is a list of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in Canada. Unlike its neighbour, the United States, Canada lacks a complete database...
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  • bassist and session musician James Richardson company [fr] (1904-1980), Gaspé Peninsula business James Richardson Corporation, Australian corporation...
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    One was those of Labourd operating on the southern shore of the Gulf, between Gaspé and Cape Breton. It however has no written evidence of their presence...
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    Newfoundland, and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec as well as Native Americans in the northeastern region of Maine. The traditional national territory of the Mi'kmaq...
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  • on Quebec Route 198 and connected the Quebecois municipalities of Murdochville and Gaspé. The bridge collapsed on May 22, 1963, due to flood damage and...
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    regional county municipality (RCM) in eastern Quebec, Canada at the base of the Gaspé peninsula, in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. Its seat is in Amqui. It...
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