Location
Parc national de la Gaspésie is located in the heart of the Gaspé Peninsula. Route 299 crosses the park from north to south.
Area: 802.2 km2
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Québec
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Rimouski
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New Richmond
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Discovery and Visitors Centre
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520 km
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220 km
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100 km
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Access and Operating Period
The park is open year-round. When planning your activities, find out when the services are available for each sector.
Discovery and Visitors Centre - Mont-Albert Sector
- Services: reception and information, entry fee payment, camper registration, convenience store counter, sale of ice and firewood, Boutique Nature and Boutique de plein air, interpretation, exhibit room, picnic area, shower and coin laundry, washroom facilities, first-aid services
Periods:
- May 21 to October 11, 2010 inclusively
- December 26, 2010 to April 25, 2011 inclusively
Self-registration post : year-round
Mont-Albert Camping Station
- Services: reception and information, entry fee payment, camper registration, sale of ice and firewood, washroom facilities, first-aid services
Period: July 2 to August 29, 2010
Lac-Cascapédia Camping Station
- Services: reception and information, entry fee payment, camper registration, basic food items and other products, sale of firewood, kayak, canoe and rowboat rental, washroom facilities, first-aid services.
Period: June 4 to September 25, 2010
Mont Jacques-Cartier Camping Station
- Services: reception and information, entry fee payments, camper registration, Boutique Nature, basic food items and other products, sale of firewood, kayak, canoe and rowboat rental, washroom facilities, first-aid services.
Period: June 23 to September 29, 2010
Universal Access
The following areas offer access to the mobility-impaired:
- Discovery and Visitors Centre
- Gîte du Mont-Albert
- Grande-Fosse lookout
Services
Boutique Nature
A vast array of souvenir items, clothing for adults and children, discovery products for young people, and outdoor articles are offered at Boutique Nature, located at the Discovery and Visitors Centre.
Equipment Rentals
Outdoor and boating equipment are available for rent at Boutique Nature.
- Hiking shoes
- Walking pole
- Raincoat
- Backpack
- Baby carrier
- Life jacket
- Tent
- Canoe
- Rowboat
- Backcountry skiing equipment
- Ski poles
- Arva (beeper used to locate avalanche victims)
- Climbing skins
- Snowshoes
- Solo kayak
Food Services
Whether you feel like sipping an espresso by a cozy fireplace, savouring a beer from one of our Québec microbreweries on the sunny terrace or spending a gourmet evening exploring our renowned table d'hôte, Gîte du Mont-Albert opens its doors to all of the park's visitors.
Periods:
- June 12 to October 30, 2010
- December 26, 2010 to April 24, 2011
Located at the foot of Mont Albert, Bistro du Piedmont offers a varied menu and cafeteria service that will please the whole family. Take-out meals are also available.
Period: June 19 to September 12, 2010
Transportation Services
- Camping shuttle from the Mont-Jacques-Cartier campground to the Mont Jacques-Cartier trail
- Period: June 24 to September 30, 2010
- Bus from the Discovery and Visitors Centre to Mont Jacques-Cartier
- Period: June 24 to September 30, 2010
- Passenger transportation service for backpacker
- Period: June 24 to October 10, 2010. Reservations are required 72 hours in advance.
- Baggage transportation service (winter) to facilitate backcountry skiing trips. Reservations are required at least 72 hours in advance at 1 800 665-6527.
- Period: December 15, 2010 to April 15, 2011
Coin laundry
Laundromats available at the Discovery and Visitors Centre, the Mont-Albert campground and Gîte du Mont-Albert.
Nearby Services
In Sainte-Anne-des-Monts:
- Motels, bed and breakfasts, International youth hostel
- Family restaurant and snack bar
- Banks and credit unions with automatic teller machines
- CAA garage
- Car rental
- Pharmacies
- Outdoor equipment stores
- Grocery store
- Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) (liquor store)
