Gasoline
a light grade of PETRO- LEUM (q. v.).
GASPÉ (gäs-pā), a peninsula on the E. of Quebec province, comprising the counties of Gaspé and Bonaventure, and projecting into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, between the estuary of that name on the N. and the Bay of Chaleurs the S.; area 8,000 square miles; Pop. 64,- 000. The greater number of the population are engaged in the important fisheries, which, with the export of lumber, form the staple business of the country.
GASPÉ BASIN, where Cartier landed in 1534, is a port of entry in Gaspé Bay, now the seat of extensive fisheries.