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A Guild to Promote Handicrafts

A movement to promote handicrafts took hold in Quebec in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Anthropologist Marius Barbeau inventoried craftsmen and women throughout the province and organized exhibitions to […]

Youthful Gaspésie

Lida Moser was one photographer who was as interested in the people selling handicrafts as the handicrafts themselves. Her work had appeared in American fashion magazines. In 1950, […]

Roadside Souvenirs

Selling handicrafts and woven goods was an important source of income for many families along the Gaspé coast. They were made by women during the dark winter months […]

Key Selling Points

What were the key selling points for hotels and operators in the Gaspé? Was it price, comfort, hot running water or proximity to the seashore? None of the […]

Streamlining Travel

There is an alternative to staying in a hotel. You can bring your home with you. Inspired by the taught skins of airliners, American Wally Byam designed a […]

Cabines

Cabines are one of Quebec’s contributions to holiday architecture. Simple and inexpensive to build, cabines provided little more than a bed and a roof overhead. But they compensated […]

Gaspé Tours – Custom Travel to See the Gaspé in Four Days

There was a time when Quebec had a fully integrated transportation system – when the automobiles and trains worked in close collaboration to move tourists from one point […]

Gaspé…..Destination for Americans

The Gaspé region became a popular place for Americans to visit. It attracted the famous and the less famous, the rich and the middle-class. The proof that the […]

The Guidebook – A Bible for Tourists

Government has played a major role in promoting tourism in Quebec. With a large number of small operators, government became the key actor in choosing images and selecting […]

Travel Intentions – the Science of Predicting Tourism and Travel

The annual poll announcing the travel intentions of Quebec travellers has been a spring ritual for decades. The Ministère du tourisme releases data that predicts which regions of […]

Tour of the Gaspésie

“We can repair all your troubles” was the slogan for the Garage P.B. Dubé in Port-Daniel Est, an important claim in a region that still had few garages […]

The Gaspé Highway – Where Disaster Often Strikes

The Gaspé highway has been the victim of natural disasters ever since it was built. The first disaster to affect the new road occurred in July, 1930 when […]