Paspébiac
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Paspébiac () is a city on Baie des Chaleurs in the Gaspésie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. The population was 3,033 as of the 2021 Canadian census. The town is noted for the Banc de Pêche de Paspébiac, a large sandbar jutting out into the bay which has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada.
Key facts
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- Paspébiac
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- City
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- Skyline of Paspébiac
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- Location within Bonaventure RCM
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- Canada Eastern Quebec
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- Location in eastern Quebec
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- Country
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- Canada
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- Quebec
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- Region
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- Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
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- RCM
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- Bonaventure
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- Settled
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- 1755
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Paspébiac () is a city on Baie des Chaleurs in the Gaspésie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. The population was 3,033 as of the 2021 Canadian census. The town is noted for the Banc de Pêche de Paspébiac, a large sandbar jutting out into the bay which has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada.
Paspébiac was Quebec's first cod fishing port. The town also has Basque roots and an accent which is different from the rest of the region. Its name may come from the Mi'kmaq expression papgeg ipsigiag, meaning "split flats" or "lagoon". Other sources indicate that the Mi'kmaq named it for Wospegiak, which means "shining in the distance."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paspébiac” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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