Bonaventure Regional County Municipality

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Country Canada County seat New Carlisle Area code(s) 418 and 581 Population 18,000 (2011)		Effective April 8, 1981 Time zone EST (UTC−5) Area 4,402 km² Province Québec

Region Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Points of interest Bioparc de la Gaspésie, Banc de Pêche de Paspébiac, Parc de la Pointe Taylor, Musée Acadien Du Québ, Gaspesian British Heritage

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.

Map of Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, QC, Canada

Subdivisions

There are 14 subdivisions within the RCM:

Access Routes

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

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

References

Bonaventure Regional County Municipality Wikipedia

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