Forillon National Park (Fore e yoan) is located at the outer tip of the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec and covers 94 sq mi. The word forillon is thought to have referred to a flowerpot island or sea stack which used to be a landmark in the area but has since collapsed into the ocean.
The park rises 918 feet from the sea and the massive sea cliffs are spectacular in many places. The park protects a range of varied little ecosystems: natural prairies and farm fields, seaside cliffs, rivers, lakes, salt marshes marshes, the seashore itself, and forest.
Cap-des-Rosiers Lighthouse lies just outside the park’s north gate. At a lofty 112 feet, it’s Canada’s tallest lighthouse.
The northern tip of this park is the terminus of the International Appalachian Trail (just keep walking north from Katahdin, Maine for another 450 miles or so.) The International Appaalachian Trail now extends strangely across water to PEI, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and even Europe.
History of Forillon National Park