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Category: The 1950s

The Gaspé – One of Canada’s 10 Top Maple Leaf Vacations

The Gaspé – One of Canada’s 10 Top Maple Leaf Vacations

“Just like a trip abroad” is how the Gaspé is pitched in this Canadian National Railways advertisement that appeared in The New Yorker magazine in May, 1952. Proximity […]
The First Nations in the Gaspé

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. […]
Religious Tourism

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 […]
Rebuilding the Highway

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 […]
Parks Born in Controversy

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 […]
A Gîte Like No Other

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 […]
Youthful Gaspésie

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, […]
Gaspé Tours – Custom Travel to See the Gaspé in Four Days

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 […]