Forillon National Park

Well I can not believe our luck, we woke up to just an absolutely beautiful day again today, so instead of doing Perce we decided to drive back up the Gaspe and do the Forillon National Park.

Took this picture at 630am so it is a little over exposed looking into the sun but there is the rock, it is 4 million tons of limestone, it used to have two arches but one fell down in 1845.

The Forillon National Park is quite large and is a very good place for hiking and camping.

This shot is close to the entrance and is just opposite the town of Gaspe.


In 1942 when the Germans sank a couple ships off the Gaspe coast, the Canadian government quickly set into position an army base, Fort Ramsey at Gaspe and out on the coast this bunker that could pick off ships coming into the bay.

Just down the road is a fishing pier and we stopped in to see what was going on and lucky enough along came a smaller fishing boat, he had caught lobster, crab and mackeral. Look at the size of this fellow, about 4 pounds they tell me, hmmmm, maybe heaven really lies in the Gaspe.

This area used to be a very active fishing area and here is the old general store, now kept by the park services to show what life used to be like, the inside was set up and staff playing the part. Beside it was a little museum of the cod fishing life of the merchant and fishermen.

Just down the road a fishermans house, again with park staff as characters, they really played up the part. Here is a picture of the kitchen area.

What luck to see a porcupine on the roadside, and a good sized one at that.

Off to the North shore and in the great interperative center was a picture of the park that I thought would give you a good idea of what it looks like

The cliffs were certainly spectacular

Lots of walk ways and look outs to view the cliffs and all the shore birds.

Met a couple that had just come back from the hike, they were from Kelowna and they had run into a bear on the path.

The lighthouse is supposed to be the tallest in North America and is named after all the wild roses that are growing and blooming right now in the park. The lighthouse is also the place of the most shipwrecks in the area.