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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 […]

Building the Roads

The journalists and drivers who drove the Gaspé tour for the first time during the summer of 1929 were generous in their praise. One of them reported: The […]

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 […]

How Bad Were the Roads?

Complaining about the conditions of the roads has been a popular pastime in Quebec for decades, passed down from father to son (and daughter) for generations. But just […]

The Good Roads Movement

The Good Roads Movement pushed the government of Quebec to invest in its road network. Born in the 1870s in the United States to encourage local, state and […]

A Plea for Improvements to the Road Network

In 1919, T.-J. Bertrand, engineer for the Gaspé district, made a plea for improvements to the road network at the sixth annual congress of the Association de bonnes […]

Bathing

One of the key reasons to travel east from Montreal in the 19th century was to “take the waters”. Doctors prescribed sea bathing as a tonic and a […]

Train Travel – A Technological Leap

Railways changed everything. Train travel was a technological leap, moving goods and people quickly, safely and efficiently. The Intercolonial Railway began regular service from Lévis to Halifax in […]

Steamships to Gaspé

The St. Lawrence was busy with ships and vessels of all sizes and descriptions. Travellers could disembark at Gaspé or sometimes at a wharf in one of the […]

The Gaspésie on Foot

Travelling to the Gaspésie often meant doing it the old-fashioned way – on foot. A handful of travellers have left written accounts of their experiences, providing a record […]