Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec

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Bonaventure Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, on the Gaspé Peninsula. The regional county municipality seat is New Carlisle.

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[edit] Communities

  • Municipalities
    • Caplan
    • Cascapédia--Saint-Jules
    • Hope Town
    • New Carlisle
    • Saint-Alphonse
    • Saint-Elzéar
    • Shigawake
  • Parishes
    • Saint-Siméon
  • Cantons
    • Hope
    • Saint-Godefroi
  • Unorganized Areas
    • Rivière-Bonaventure

[edit] Attractions

  • Banc-de-Paspébiac Historical Site (Paspébiac)
  • Bonaventure Airport (Bonaventure)
  • Canomore Hydro (Saint-Elzéar)
  • Gaspésie Biopark/Acadian Museum of Quebec (Bonaventure)
  • Gaspésie British Heritage Centre (New Richmond)
  • Hamilton House (1852) (New Carlisle)
  • Pin-Rouge Ski Area (New Richmond)
  • Saint-Elzéar Cave (Saint-Elzéar)
  • St-Edgar Covered Bridge (1938) (New Richmond)

[edit] Protected Areas

  • Petite-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve
  • Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve
    • MLPC Campaign Post
  • Rivière-Bonaventure ZEC
  • Rivière-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve
  • Rivière-Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve

[edit] Highways

Highways in Bonaventure include:

[edit] Demographics

(Statistics Canada, 2001)

  • Population: 18,267
  • Population change (1996-2001): -6.6
  • Dwellings: 7,808
  • Area (km²): 4,375.15
  • Density (per km².): 4.2
  • National rank in terms of population: 240
  • Provincial rank in terms of population: 82

[edit] Surrounding Counties


Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) Flag of Quebec

Avignon | Bonaventure | La Côte-de-Gaspé | La Haute-Gaspésie | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Rocher-Percé |

Neighbouring region: Bas-Saint-Laurent
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