Whether this is Land`s End or Land`s Beginning depends on how you approach it. That is the argument I put to my wife as we left Grande-Grave in Forillon National Park in a whale watching zodiac, following some playful, showboating humpbacks far out to sea. Minke whales, white-sided dolphin, and seals joined in on the performance, jumping, flashing their tales, and arcing their sleek bodies through surf that was gradually getting more tempestuous. We turned for home, pounding through the chop and spray until the welcoming Cape Gaspé© lighthouse materialized on the horizon. These limestone cliffs would have comforted mariners in day’s past, while the small lighthouse high atop would have warned the sailors off from an untimely meeting with Land’s Beginning. Just as I thought the Land`s Beginning argument was gaining traction, however, our know-all whale interpreter pointed out that Gaspé© is an indigenous Mi’kmaq word meaning “Land`s End.”