Don’t miss the cross installed on a rocky islet in the Jacques-Cartier River.

Jacques Cartier, a French explorer, planted a cross on the Jacques Cartier River in 1534 to claim the territory for King Francis I of France. The original Cross of Gaspé was erected overlooking the bay of Gaspé, by the team of Jacques Cartier on his first trip exploration in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

The cross here commemorates the significant achievement of the French explorer.

Photo: Vlad Umnov