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Auberge Baker in the 1940s

Black and white archival photo showing a signpost arch over the lane leading to a white inn that can be sign from a side angle on the right. It reads “The Baker’s Inn.” The inn has a gabled roof with three dormers in front and a chimney at either end. There are six windows on the front of the building. Mature trees line the lane leading to the inn.

Source: Gaston Cloutier collection, unidentified photographer

The sign at the entrance welcomed travellers with the promise of French cuisine and cottages to rent. It attracted English-speaking tourists with a sign that read “We are English!”