2009-04-24

Rocher-Percé by Luc Bussieres©

  • feature of Percé ( in Percé (Quebec, Canada) )

    ...Catholic mission since 1670. Percé is now a fishing port and summer resort. Offshore, but connected by a sandbar at low tide, is famed Rocher-Percé (“Pierced Rock”)—a rocky island 290 feet (88 metres) high that is pierced by a 60-foot- (18-metre-) high arch; it and another nearby tourist attraction,...