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Collines-du-Basque

unorganized area of Quebec, Canada

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ2983455 ↗
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Collines-du-Basque (French pronunciation: [kɔlin dy bask]) is an unorganized territory in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada.

Its French name means Basque Hills, taken from the 421 metres (1,381 ft) high namesake peak along Quebec Route 198 and the York River. The territory is also home to Bolduc Mountain (Mont La Bolduc), rising to 460 metres (1,510 ft), and King Mountain, with an altitude of 660 metres (2,170 ft).

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This entry incorporates text from “Collines-du-Basque” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.