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Phare - Musée maritime du Phare de Matane
This 1906 lighthouse offers a splendid view of the town and the sea. From the top of this cylindrical tower (more than 20-metres high), observe the maritime traffic, the windmill park and the Chic-Chocs Mountains. You will also see the equipment of a ...
 
Village de Métis-Sur-Mer
 
Maison de la culture de Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
This cultural centre is mandated with promoting, disseminating, developing and facilitating access to the visual and performing arts, as well as fostering expression and development of the local cultural identity. It stages exhibitions and shows and offers ...
 
Kaméléart Matane
 
Centre d'interprétation sur l'historique du chemin Kempt
Located in a small Protestant church, this center chronicles the construction of the Kempt Road road, which was of great importance because no other road linked Chaleur Bay and Acadia to the rest of Canada. Painting, local crafts, collection of old objects ...
 
Les Grottes de La Rédemption
The main cave, Spéos de la Fée, is unique in Québec because of its depth (46 metres); it is also the only cave in North America with a via ferrata (a steel cable upon which visitors can secure themselves to climb through the cave). Accompanied by a guide ...
 
Sanctuaire diocésain Notre-Dame de Pointe-Navarre
The Sanctuaire diocésain Notre-Dame de Pointe-Navarre has been a pilgrimage site since 1940. It houses a statue of St. Joseph and a crucifix sculpted by Médard Bourgault, as well as eight stations from Mary’s Way of the Cross by Rose-Anne Monna. The tomb ...
 
Battle of the Restigouche National Historic Site
The Battle of the Restigouche National Historic Site offers visitors a spectacular view of the battle that was held at Pointe-à-la-Croix in the Gaspésie region of Canada. This national historic site commemorates the last naval engagement fought between ...
 
Manoir Le Boutillier
Join the Manoir’s docents to find out more about John Le Boutillier’s nearly forty years of wide-ranging endeavours. Dressed in period costume, they will assuredly take you back into the heart of the fascinating history of John Le Boutillier and the development ...
 
Cascapédia River Museum
Discover the history of the Cascapédia, a legendary salmon-fishing river, through the museum's permanent and temporary exhibits. A favourite of the rich and famous—including a princess—the river has many stories to tell. Atlantic salmon interpretation ...