Cap-d’Espoir, located at the end of the Gaspé Peninsula, was so named by none other than the explorer Jacques Cartier in the 16th century. Despite its name, many men died in storms along its coast, with high tides being a constant danger to ships.
According to one legend, during the British attempt to attack Quebec in 1711, one of the ships in Admiral Walker’s fleet crashed on the cape. The sailor’s ghost is said to return on some summer evenings to haunt the scene of the disaster. Today, a very pretty lighthouse overlooks the rocky point, a safe harbor that lights up the dangers ahead.
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