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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 […]
Bathing

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 […]
Steamships to Gaspé

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

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 […]