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Ladder to Success

Matane was the first of the region’s cities to recognize the value of allowing visitors to observe the Atlantic salmon up close. As early as the 1850s the […]

Billboard Tourism

There is often a forest of billboards at the entrance to many cities and towns. On many scenic routes, billboards have vanished, banned by cities and towns to […]

Tourism Information Kiosk

Tourist information bureaus were created in many cities and towns to disseminate information to travellers. Almost every town seemed to have a tourist information counter. Today, they are […]

Eleanor Roosevelt Slept Here

Who is the most famous person to have visited the Gaspé? American presidents Jimmy Carter and George Bush have fished rivers in the region. So too have members […]

Tee Time?

The golf course in Metis Beach was so rustic when it first opened that it traversed the front yard of several cottages. The Cascade finally moved the first […]

Creating a Tourism Industry

For much of its history, the Gaspé was a destination with no attractions. Aside from Percé Rock and the highway itself, there were few ‘attractions’ that tourists could […]

Tennis Anyone?

What to do in a seaside resort where it is too cold to swim? Lawn tennis came to Quebec from England in the 1870s. Tennis required nothing more […]

A Photographer’s Paradise

Today, everyone is a photographer. The advent of digital photography and a camera on every telephone has made a photo device the companion of every traveller. In yesteryear, […]

Birders’ Paradise

Long before there were parks, there were places of such great natural value that citizens and organizations sought to protect them. The nesting site of the gannets on […]

Parks Born in Controversy

The creation of a park is usually greeted with enthusiasm by the local population – but not always. The creation of a national park at Forillon was painful […]

Creating a New Tourism Economy

The Bureau d’aménagement de l’est du Québec (BAEQ) was created in 1963 to set new directions for eastern Quebec. Teams of bureaucrats and consultants brought their expertise to […]

A Gîte Like No Other

Mountain lodges have a long history in the European Alps. National parks in both the United States and Canada imported the model and designed buildings to accommodate the […]