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16-609: The McGerrigle Mountains are a mountain range in the central part of Gaspésie in eastern Quebec, Canada . It is the main constituent of the Chic-Choc Mountains belonging to the Notre Dame Mountains , a subrange of the Appalachian chain. Formerly called Tabletop, in 1965 the massif was renamed McGerrigle Mountains in honor of the geologist Harold William McGerrigle (1904-1970) who worked for

32-640: A long-distance hike of what is known as the Eastern Continental Trail starting in Key West, Florida ending at Cap Gaspé in Quebec. He was the first person to thruhike the entire Eastern Continental Trail. The Newfoundland and Labrador extension to the IAT was proposed in 2003 and is still under construction. When completed, it will add an additional 1,200 km of trail. The official opening of

48-567: Is 140,599 as of the 2011 census . It is also noted as the only region outside the Channel Islands to contain native speakers of Jersey Norman . Sea cliffs dominate the peninsula's northern shore along the St. Lawrence River. Cap Gaspé , jutting into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, is the easternmost point of the peninsula. Percé Rock (or Rocher Percé ), an island pierced by a natural arch ,

64-532: Is a nearly flat plateau about 13 km (8 mi) across composed of serpentine bedrock and supporting quite unusual flora. The ascent of Mount Albert from near sea level is challenging, but popular with hikers, offering a view of the St. Lawrence and the Côte-Nord , the river's north shore, part of the ancient bedrock of the Canadian Shield . The interior portions of the peninsula are dominated by

80-604: Is just offshore of the peninsula's eastern end. The peninsula's interior is a rugged northward continuation of the Appalachian Mountains called the Chic-Chocs , with Mount Jacques-Cartier at 1,268 metres (4,160 ft) the peninsula's highest peak. Mount Albert (Mont Albert) at 1,151 m (3,776 ft) is another high mountain in the Chic-Chocs. Its summit, an alpine area above the tree line ,

96-644: Is one of Quebec's most popular tourism regions. The Gaspé National Park (Parc national de la Gaspésie) is in the Chic-Chocs, and Forillon National Park is at the peninsula's northeastern tip. A section of the International Appalachian Trail travels through the peninsula's mountains. Bonaventure National Park is here. As of September 2018 the area also hosts Canada's third UNESCO Global Geopark. International Appalachian Trail The International Appalachian Trail ( IAT ; French : Sentier international des Appalaches , SIA )

112-459: The Chic-Choc Mountains , part of the Notre Dame Mountains , an extension of the Appalachian Mountains . The town of Murdochville , at about 660 metres (2,170 ft) above sea level, has had a varied history, and is now home to several wind turbines . It is reached by Route 198 , which extends inland from the northern shore of the peninsula, soon climbing into the mountains and entering vast forests, crossing several small rivers before reaching

128-469: The government of Quebec between 1937 and 1970. This article related to a mountain, mountain range, or peak in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Quebec location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gasp%C3%A9sie The Gaspé Peninsula is slightly larger than Belgium, at 31,075 square kilometres (11,998 sq mi). The population

144-749: The IAT skips over the Strait of Belle Isle to the northern terminus of the Appalachian Mountain chain at Belle Isle . Geological evidence shows that the Appalachian Mountains, certain mountains of Western Europe, and the Anti-Atlas range in North Africa are parts of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains , made when minor supercontinents collided to form the supercontinent Pangaea more than 250 million years ago. With

160-679: The U.S. State of Maine. Thence to Mars Hill , Maine, before following the U.S.-Canada border north to Fort Fairfield, Maine , where it crosses the border into Perth-Andover, New Brunswick . It continues up the Tobique River valley to Mount Carleton before crossing the Miramichi Highlands to the Restigouche River valley in Quebec and along the Chic-Choc Mountains of the Gaspé Peninsula , ending at

176-681: The break-up of Pangaea, sections of the former range remained with the continents as they drifted to their present locations. Inspired by this evidence, the IAT has been extended into Western Europe and North Africa. In 2010 and 2011, chapters of the International Appalachian Trail were established in Greenland , Scotland (the West Highland Way became the first IAT trail in Europe), Norway, Sweden, Denmark,

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192-784: The first trail section of the IAT Newfoundland was September 23, 2006. In 2009, IAT officials met with the British Geological Survey in Scotland to discuss whether to extend the IAT to the Appalachian terrains of Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, setting off a series of expansions through Europe and Northern Africa in which existing trails co-branded with the IAT. The IAT/SIA starts in Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument in

208-701: The peninsula's easternmost point, Cap Gaspé in Forillon National Park . From Cap Gaspé, the IAT skips to a small section in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and over the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Newfoundland, where the trail picks up again at Channel-Port aux Basques and follows the west coast of the island up the Great Northern Peninsula before terminating at the island's northernmost tip, Cape Bauld. From there

224-493: The town. From Murdochville, Route 198 follows the York River to the city of Gaspé on the peninsula's eastern tip. The peninsula's economy has historically been focused on fishing, agriculture and forestry. But primary resource-based industries are suffering due to overfishing , overexploitation , and fewer numbers of farmers in business, forcing the region to move towards tourism and the services industry . The peninsula

240-759: Was originally a hiking trail which ran from Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument , in Maine , through New Brunswick , to the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec , after which it followed a ferry route to Newfoundland , and then continued to the northern-easternmost point of the Appalachian Mountains at Belle Isle , Newfoundland and Labrador . As of July 2020, there are widely geographically dispersed IAT-branded walking trails in Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Wales, England, Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. The IAT

256-554: Was proposed in 1994 by Richard Anderson, a Maine fisheries biologist, with plans to traverse the portions of the Appalachian Mountains in Maine, New Brunswick, and Quebec that the Appalachian Trail did not cover. Following route selection, construction of the trail took place through the late 1990s. The first person to thruhike the IAT, as it then existed, was John Brinda from Washington State, in 1997. He did this as part of

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