Bonaventure Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, on the Gaspé Peninsula. The regional county municipality seat is New Carlisle.
Communities
- Towns
- Bonaventure
- New Richmond
- Paspébiac
- Municipalities
- Caplan
- Cascapédia--Saint-Jules
- Hope Town
- New Carlisle
- Saint-Alphonse
- Saint-Elzéar
- Shigawake
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
- Rivière-Bonaventure ZEC
- Rivière-Cascapédia Wildlife Reserve
- Rivière-Port-Daniel Wildlife Reserve
Highways
Highways in Bonaventure include:
- Principal Highways: #132
- Secondary Highways: #299
Demographics
(Statistics Canada, 2001)
- Population: 18,267
- Population change (1996-2001): -6.6
- Dwellings: 7,808
- Area (sq. km): 4,375.15
- Density (per sq. km.): 4.2
- National rank in terms of population: 240
- Provincial rank in terms of population: 82
Surrounding Counties