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Restigouche Hotel – a Century of Hospitality

One of the best-known hotels in the entire region was the Restigouche Hotel in Matapédia. Located where the Restigouche and Matapédia rivers meet, the Restigouche Hotel was famous […]

A Fisherman’s Paradise – Intruders not Welcome

The Cold Spring Camp on the Matapedia River is one of the most prestigious in the Gaspésie and has attracted fishermen from far and wide since the beginning […]

The First Nations in the Gaspé

The first tourists to the region marvelled at the unique ability of peoples of the First Nations to build canoes and manoeuvre them on the region’s many rivers. […]

Honouring Gaspésians

Mary Travers, known was Quebec’s first star chansonnière. Born in the fishing village of Newport, she brought her ear for sound and music to create a rich repertoire […]

Religious Tourism

Tourism and the desire to travel began with the need of believers to make pilgrimages to shrines and places of worship. Several of the Quebec’s most popular destinations […]

To the Lighthouse

What manmade feature near Gaspé is almost as popular as Percé Rock? The correct response is: the lighthouse at Cap-des-Rosiers. At 34.1 metres in height, the Cap-des-Rosiers lighthouse […]

See the Gaspésie Before it is Too Late

One of the first companies to bring groups to the Gaspé region was Tauck Tours. The company began in 1925 when 27-year old travelling salesman Arthur C. Tauck […]

Excursion to the Sea

Excursions to tour the Rocher Percé and Bonaventure Island have been popular for more than a century. What’s not to like? Captains regale visitors with stories as they […]

Group Travel

Getting to the Gaspé has often meant travelling in groups. For many tourists, their first visit to a new part of the world is in a group. The […]

Rebuilding the Highway

By the 1950s, the Perron Boulevard was thought to be old and antiquated. Barely wide enough for two vehicles, it was thought to be dangerous and in need […]

The Last Outpost

Sainte-Anne-des-Monts was for decades the last outpost along the northern slope of the Gaspé Peninsula. It was where the road ended, quite literally. Only a walking path connected […]

The Poetic Peninsula

The poetic names of the Haute Gaspésie have a special beauty, l’Anse Pleureuse, Manche-d’Épée, Grande-Vallée and Petite-Vallée, Grand-Étang and Rivière-au-Renard. Geography is everywhere and has inspired the name […]