Gaspé

Gaspé găspāˈ, găsˈpā, Fr. gäspāˈ [key], city, E Que., Canada, on Gaspé Bay near the eastern extremity of the Gaspé Peninsula. It is a resort. Jacques Cartier landed there in 1534.

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