Photo: Marc Loiselle The Gaspésie has fourteen proud witnesses
to history, five of which have been given a second life thanks
to the judicious interventions of enthusiasts. Thus, these true
sentinels of the sea or their outbuildings have been transformed
into museums or tourist information offices. Discover the Matane
and La Martre lighthouses, whose beacons have been lighting the
way since 1906. The first lighthouse towers above the area and
offers a splendid view of the maritime activities, the windmill
park and the Chic-Chocs Mountains, and the lightkeeper's house
is a museum as well as a tourist information office. The second
lighthouse, which remains operational, still has its original
clock components, and the building next to it houses the
lighthouse museum and its permanent exhibit. From the top of the
44 stairs of the Cap de la Madeleine lighthouse, the village,
the mountains, the barachois, and the mouth of one of the most
beautiful salmon rivers reveal themselves before your eyes. The
site also off