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Category: Cultivated Rural

Wonderland of Gaspé

Wonderland of Gaspé

Wonderland of Gaspé is one of the earliest films for a bilingual audience made to present the Gaspé coast. The work of Montreal’s Associated Screen News, it offers […]
Making the Pages of National Geographic

Making the Pages of National Geographic

When the National Geographic recognized the Gaspésie as one of the world’s 50 destinations worth travelling to in 2009, the region’s tourism association celebrated and shared the news […]
The Image of the Gaspésie

The Image of the Gaspésie

Professional photographers created an image of the Gaspésie. Working for Canadian National Railways, the Canadian Government Travel Bureau (founded in 1934) or the Service de ciné-photographie de la […]
The Gaspé Peninsula 1,000 Miles of Motoring Grandeur

The Gaspé Peninsula 1,000 Miles of Motoring Grandeur

“Have you ever had a French Canadian vacation?” was the tag line for a series of eight folders produced by the Province of Québec Tourist Bureau. Each brochure […]
The Last Outpost

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 […]
Out with the Old, in with the New

Out with the Old, in with the New

…its chronic weakness and general decrepitude The bridge over the Metis River was at the end of its life when the new Gaspé highway was built. The local […]