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Map of Parc national de la Gaspésie and its lakes

Parc national de la Gaspésie

Gaspésie National Park

48.9715° N, 66.288° W

Park boundary and water from open government data.

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Parc national de la Gaspésie, Quebec. 48.9715° N, 66.288° W

Québec national park, 802 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/qc/parc-national-de-la-gaspesie/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • SIT Québec – Nature, sports et plein air, Ministère du Tourisme du Québec. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: Ministère du Tourisme du Québec, Données Québec.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.

Parc national de la Gaspésie is a 802 km² québec national park 1.5 km east of Cap-Seize, in Quebec. It was established in 1981.

23 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lac Cascapédia (1.36 km²).

Area
802 km²
Established
1981
Named lakes
23

Conditions today

7.6 °C

Wind WSW 18 km/h

Observed at Gaspésie (Parc national), as of 2:00 a.m. EDT

Tonight: A few showers ending before morning then cloudy. Fog patches dissipating near midnight. Low plus 3.

Weather: Gaspésie (Parc national) (local forecast), as of 2:02 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:05 a.m.
Sunrise
6:36 a.m.
Sunset
5:47 p.m.
Civil dusk
6:18 p.m.
Moonrise
5:24 a.m.
Moonset
5:05 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

The 12 largest of 23 named lakes, ranked by area.

FeatureAreaMax depth
1Lac Cascapédia1.36 km²19.4 m
2Lac à Claude0.77 km²28.4 m
3Lac Paul0.7 km²14.8 m
4Lac Thibault0.48 km²21.6 m
5Deuxième lac des Îles0.25 km²
6Lac Côté0.23 km²21.2 m
7Lac Charles-Côté0.23 km²
8Petit lac Sainte-Anne0.23 km²
9Lac du Syndicat0.21 km²10.9 m
10Lac Noir0.2 km²6.1 m
11Lac Gouache0.19 km²
12Lac Bouliane0.16 km²

Waterfalls

Rivers

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Things to do

Activities

  • Canoeing
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Cycling
  • Exhibitions
  • Fat biking
  • Fishing
  • Guided tours
  • Hiking
  • Kayaking
  • Mountain biking
  • Nature interpretation
  • Pedal boating
  • Sea kayaking
  • Self-guided tours
  • Ski touring
  • Snowshoeing
  • Stand-up paddleboarding
  • Swimming
  • Talks

Facilities

  • Convenience store
  • Dogs on leash allowed
  • Heated shelters
  • Laundry
  • Lookouts and observation towers
  • Luggage shuttle
  • Picnic areas
  • Restaurant
  • Service building
  • Shop
  • Toilets
  • Wi-Fi

As listed by the park’s official page.

Official record

Designation
Québec national park
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs, Direction des parcs
Official website
sepaq.com

Photos

Gaspesie Nat'l Park, Quebec (36867733990)
Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Gaspesie Nat'l Park, Quebec (37123259581)
Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Gaspesie Park, Quebec (36451322213)
Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Names

  • Gaspésie National ParkEnglish form