Yourte
The place
Yurt in the Gaspésie, Percé/Île Bonaventure area (Gaspésie East-North, Québec, Canada), at 79 m elevation, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence coastline. Continuous Québec Gaspésie cluster (batches 250-381). Unusual yurt-stay accommodation near Percé (Mongolian/Kyrgyz-style yurt adapted with camping canvas + Rocher Percé 88 m iconic natural arch of QC + Île Bonaventure 4 km² national park reserve for Northern Gannets Morus bassanus 100,000 pairs 2nd largest colony in the world after St Kilda Scotland + heritage of the Mi'kmaq (Algonquian people 60,000 in the Atlantic region, mi'kmawi'simk language + Bay of Chaleur Cartier 1534 discovery 24 July 1534 named + Restigouche historical marronage/resistance + Mi'kmaq Grand Council traditional governance + 1999 Marshall Decision Supreme Court fishing rights crabs/lobsters ancestral controversy).
The setting
Gaspésie Percé/Île Bonaventure Gaspésie E-N Québec Canada 79 m Gulf of St. Lawrence coastline, continuous cluster batches 250-381, unusual yurt-stay accommodation Percé Mongolian/Kyrgyz-style canvas yurt + Rocher Percé 88 m iconic natural arch QC + Île Bonaventure 4 km² park reserve Northern Gannets Morus bassanus 100,000 pairs 2nd largest in the world after St Kilda Scotland, Mi'kmaq Algonquian 60,000 mi'kmawi'simk + Chaleur Cartier 1534 24 July + Restigouche + Grand Council + 1999 Marshall Decision.
