Which peninsula in Quebec is famous for Percé Rock?

Which peninsula in Quebec is famous for Percé Rock? The answer is the Gaspé Peninsula.

The Gaspé Peninsula extends from Quebec’s Matapedia Valley into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Percé Rock stands just offshore near its eastern end, beside the town of Percé, making the formation one of the region’s most recognizable natural landmarks.

Percé Rock is a huge limestone sea stack pierced by a natural arch. Waves and weather gradually carved through the rock, and one of its historic outer arches collapsed in 1845. At low tide, a broad spit can sometimes make the rock appear connected to the mainland, but it is an island formation surrounded by water at high tide.

The Gaspé Peninsula is also known as Gaspesia, a name derived from a Mi’kmaq term often interpreted as “end.” Its interior contains the Chic-Choc Mountains, part of the Appalachians, including Mount Jacques-Cartier. Nearby Bonaventure Island supports one of the world’s largest northern gannet colonies, and both it and Percé Rock are protected within a national park.