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Thursday, October 3, 2019, Gaspe, Quebec

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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 located about 400 miles northeast of  Quebec City , and 350 220 miles east of  Rimouski .  As of the Canada 2011 Census , the city had a total population of 15,163. In addition to the city, Gaspé's territory includes the communities of Cap-aux-Os, Cap-des-Rosiers, Douglastown, Haldimand, Jersey Cove, L'Anse-à-Fugère,  L'Anse-à-Valleau ,  L'Anse-au-Griffon , Penouille, Petit-Cap, Petite-Rivière-au-Renard, Pointe-Jaune,  Rivière-au-Renard , Rivière-Morris, Sandy Beach, Saint-Majorique, Saint-Maurice-de-l'Échouerie, Wakeham, and York Center.  The city's territory occupies  560 square miles and borders the sea and the  St. Lawrence River  for some 81 miles.  French is the first language learned by most of Gaspé's population w...