Image of the month: Rocher Percé

 Rocher Percé or Percé Rock was so named by Samuel de Champlain in 1607.  Forming the tip of the Gaspé  Peninsula, it marks the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.  The surrealist poet André Breton described it as "razor blade rising out of the water... a marvelous iceberg of moon stone"

Rocher Per­cé or Per­cé Rock was so named by Samuel de Cham­plain in 1607. Form­ing the tip of the Gaspé Penin­su­la, it marks the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The sur­re­al­ist poet André Bre­ton described it as “a razor blade ris­ing out of the water… a mar­velous ice­berg of moon stone”

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