Bonaventure Regional County Municipality

Bonaventure () is a regional county municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec, Canada, on the Gaspé Peninsula. Its seat is New Carlisle.

Subdivisions

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:

Cities & Towns (3)

• Bonaventure
• New Richmond
• Paspébiac

Municipalities (7)

• Caplan
• Cascapédia–Saint-Jules
• Hope Town
• New Carlisle
• Saint-Alphonse
• Saint-Elzéar
• Shigawake

Parishes (1)

• Saint-Siméon

Townships (2)

• Hope
• Saint-Godefroi

Unorganized Territory (1)

• Rivière-Bonaventure

Demographics

Population

Language

Transportation

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

• Autoroutes
• None

• Principal Highways

• Secondary Highways

• External Routes
• None

Attractions

• Banc-de-Paspébiac Historical Site (Paspébiac)
• Bonaventure Airport (Bonaventure)
• Canomore Hydro (Saint-Elzéar)
• Gaspésie Biopark/Acadian Museum of Quebec (Bonaventure)
• Gaspésie British Heritage Centre (New Richmond)
• Hamilton House (1852) (New Carlisle)
• Pin-Rouge Ski Area (New Richmond)
• Saint-Elzéar Cave (Saint-Elzéar)
• St-Edgar Covered Bridge (1938) (New Richmond)

Protected Areas

• Petite-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve
• Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve
• MLPC Campaign Post
• Rivière-Bonaventure ZEC
• Rivière-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve
• Rivière-Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve

See also

• List of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec

References

External links