Bonaventure
Bonaventure, located on the south coast of the Gaspé peninsula, is the name of a small town of about 2,750 people first permanently settled in 1760. Bonaventure is also the name of the river that discharges to the Bay de Chaleurs at the town of Bonaventure, and it is the name of the county (regional municipality that includes the Town of Bonaventure and a number of other small towns such as . Today it is in the Province of Québec, Canada, although the community was settled long before the formation of Canada. Bonaventure has a sheltered deep water harbour at the mouth of a major river that offered strategic and commercial value, and as a result it was a busy place even before permanent settlement occurred.
Many of the residents of Bonaventure are of Acadian descent, owing to the large number of Acadian families who settled there from 1760 though the 1770s. Bonaventure is home to the new Musée acadien du Québec (Acadian Museum of Québec).
There is a campground and beach called Beaubassin, named after the Acadian vilage of Beaubassin, on a spit of land between the harbour and the Bay.
See also a short history of Bonaventure
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