The town of Saint-Fabien, mid-way between Trois-Pistoles and Rimouski on the Lower St. Lawrence, has a highly unusual barn. What makes this barn so special is that it has eight sides. It also has four floors and two access ramps.
My Gaspesian roots come from my great grandmother Melvina Chedore Maskrey. She was born in 1865 at L'Anse Au Gascon to Alexander Chedore and Maria Flowers. I had never known anything about my Gaspesian roots until 1985 and I didn’t even know where the Gaspe was in Canada. I started doing genealogy twenty-seven years ago before the birth of my own child. Even though I never met my great grandmother I am proud to say that she had a connection to the Gaspe and I have met many wonderful people and I was able to visit that region of Canada.
Pointe-au Père, which is now a part of the City of Rimouski, has served as one of Canada's most important centres for aid to maritime navigation since the mid-1800s.
1. What two rivers meet at Matapedia near the head of Chaleur Bay?
2. Where did the first two permanent settlers in the Gaspé Bay area live?
3. What 3 rivers flow into Gaspé Bay?
4. What is the name of the town where Charles Robin first established his company headquarters?
5. What did the entire area surrounding New Carlisle become referred to legally?
6. Where was a Provincial Marine Biological Station and Fisheries School opened in 1948?
7. How long is the Cascapedia River?
1. The Matapedia and the Restigouche
2. Sunny Bank and Peninsula
3. The Dartmouth, the York and the St. John
4. Paspebiac
5. The Township of Cox
6. Grande-Rivière
7. About 75 miles
8. Mount Jacques Cartier in the Parc de la Gaspésie
9. Carleton
10. The Cascapedia Hotel
Partie intégrante du plus vaste portail patrimonial du RPAQ – la toile du Patrimoine du Québec -- le Cybermagazine Patrimoine de la Gaspésie a été créé pour servir de fenêtre sur l’histoire de la région gaspésienne, de guide consacré au patrimoine passé et présent de la région, et d’invitation lancée à tous à venir visiter la région en personne.
Les Publications du Québec has just released a new book, titled Les ponts couverts du Québec. Produced in association with Quebec’s Ministry of Transport, the book is the first comprehensive study of the covered bridge phenomenon in the province.
Le Centre culturel et d’interprétation Kempffer est situé dans une magnifique maison datant de l’époque victorienne dans le village gaspésien de New Carlisle. La maison Kempffer fut bâtie en 1868 par l’homme d’affaires néo-carlinois Robert Henry Kempffer (1822-1901), sur un terrain qui fut donné en héritage à sa femme, Sarah Jane Langler (1832-1907).
Elsie’s Paradise – The Gardens of Elsie Reford:
Les Jardins de Métis /Reford Gardens are the extraordinary achievement of a passionate gardener – Elsie Reford. In the summer of 1926, at the age of 54, she began transforming her fishing camp on the Mitis River into a garden.