page_title: Caplan, Quebec
hierarchical_section_title: Caplan, Quebec
caption_attribution_description: English: Location of Caplan, Quebec within Bonaventure Regional County Municipality.
context_page_description: Caplan is a municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
  There are various explanations as to the origin of the name Caplan, including: a corruption of capelin or Cape Land; from the surname of a certain John Kaplan, an Indian who long camped at this location; or from the Mi'kmaq word gaplanjetig.
  The place was incorporated in 1875 as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Charles-de-Caplan. In 1964, it changed its status and was renamed to Municipality of Caplan.
context_section_description: Caplan is a municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.
  There are various explanations as to the origin of the name Caplan, including: a corruption of capelin or Cape Land; from the surname of a certain John Kaplan, an Indian who long camped at this location; or from the Mi'kmaq word gaplanjetig (meaning "capelin").
  The place was incorporated in 1875 as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Charles-de-Caplan. In 1964, it changed its status and was renamed to Municipality of Caplan.
caption: Location within Bonaventure RCM.
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