Chaleur Bay (baie des Chaleurs in French) is an arm of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence separating Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula from New Brunswick's "North Shore". The wide mouth of the Restigouche River is formed at the western-most (upper) end of the bay. The name was reportedly given by explorer Jacques Cartier. The French name means "bay of warmth" or "bay of torrid weather". The Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the worlds largest estuary, is the outlet of North Americas Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. ... ... The Gaspé Peninsula or just the Gaspé (la Gaspésie in French) is a North American peninsula on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope was restored) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant Governor Herménégilde Chiasson Premier Bernard Lord (PC) Area 72,908 km² (8th)  - Land 71,450 km²  - Water 1,458 km² (2. ... The Restigouche River (fr. ... Jacques Cartier Jacques Cartier (Saint-Malo, France, December 31, 1491 – September 1, 1557) was a French explorer who is popularly thought of as one of the major discoverers of Canada, or more specifically, the interior region that would be part of the first area that could become that nation. ...

The name is misleading because the bay's water temperature is cold even in the middle of summer. This is not surprising, since the bay lacks the shallow depths of the nearby Northumberland Strait, which consequently has warmer water temperatures in summer months. Chaleur Bay has many fine beaches, set in pristine natural settings, and the sand can get very warm on the sunnier days of summer. The Northumberland Strait is a strait in the southern part of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in eastern North America. ...

The bay is host to an unusual visual phenomenon, the Baie Chaleur Fireship, a ghost light which appears just before storms. The Baie Chaleur Fireship is a form of ghost light, an unusual visual phenomenon, frequently seen in Canadas Chaleur Bay. ... Ghost Light is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from October 4 to October 18, 1989. ...

The following major rivers flow into the bay:

Quebec:

• Rivière Matapédia (via the Restigouche)
• Rivière Cascapédia
• Rivière Bonaventure
• Rivière du Grand Pabos

New Brunswick: The Matapédia River is a world renowned salmon fishing river in the Gaspé region of Quebec. ... The Cascapédia River is a river in the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec which which rises in the Chic-Choc Mountains and empties into Baie de la Cascapédia, a small bay on Chaleur Bay. ... The Bonaventure River is a river in Quebecs Gaspé Peninsula which rises in the Chic-Choc Mountains and flows south to empty into Chaleur Bay near the town of Bonaventure, Quebec. ...

• Upsalquitch River (via the Restigouche)
• Nepisiguit River
• Tetagouche River
• Charlo River

Between both provinces:

• Restigouche River
• Patapédia River (via the Restigouche)

Chaleur Bay (NASA image) - Chaleur Bay is the large bay
opening to the east; the Gaspé Peninsula appears to the north. The Restigouche River (fr. ... The Patapédia River (fr. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

There is also a Chaleur Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador. Motto: Quaerite Primum Regnum Dei (Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital St. ...