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Category: The 1960s

Restigouche Hotel – a Century of Hospitality

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 […]
To the Lighthouse

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 […]
Tourism Information Kiosk

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 […]
Creating a Tourism Industry

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 […]
Streamlining Travel

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 […]
Gaspé…..Destination for Americans

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 […]