Gaspé Peninsula

[ ga-spey; French gas-pey ]

noun

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

Gaspé Peninsula

/ ɡaspe; ɡæˈspeɪ /

noun

1. 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) Also calledthe Gaspé

Example Sentences

Locals on the Gaspé peninsula of Quebec have been gradually fleeing the coast for over a decade, and just last year New Zealand’s government promised financial aid for some of the 70,000 homes it said will soon need to seek higher ground.

From Seattle Times

Over the past decade, civilization has been pulled back from the water’s edge where possible along the eastern stretch of the Gaspe Peninsula where coastline is particularly vulnerable to erosion.

From Seattle Times

But the Gaspe Peninsula’s approach is a test case for far-flung places where strategic capitulation to nature is possible, even with historic human settlements in the mix.

From Seattle Times

Over the past decade, civilization has been pulled back from the water’s edge where possible along the eastern stretch of the Gaspe Peninsula where coastline is particularly vulnerable to erosion.

From Seattle Times

But the Gaspe Peninsula’s approach is a test case for far-flung places where strategic capitulation to nature is possible, even with historic human settlements in the mix.

From Seattle Times