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Cod fishermen, Cape Gaspé, 1948

Cod fishermen, Cape Gaspé, 1948. Photo - Verle F. Brower / courtesy of Bill Bojanowski...

Souvenirs de/from Gaspé!

Carte postale, vers les années 1950. (Collection privée) / Postcard, c.1950s. (Private collection)

Hôtel Battery Park / Battery Park Hotel, Gaspé

Ancienne carte postale, vers les années 1930. (Collection privée) / Early postcard, c.1930s. (Private collection)

New Darien Camp, Grand Cascapedia

Carte postale, vers 1910. (Collection privée) / Early postcard, c.1910. (Private collection)

Rue Main / Main Street, Grand Cascapedia

Carte postale, peinte à la main, vers 1910. (Collection privée) / Postcard, hand-painted, c.1910. (Private collection)

The City of Gaspé

Historic and cultural town

Gaspé - Gespeg: a Micmac word meaning "land's end". More than 15 000 people are living on its territory that extends over 1 440 km2 and 130 km of coastline.

In 1534, the navigator Jacques Cartier from Saint-Malo, then on his first voyage to North America, found a safe harbour in Gaspé Bay. There, he erected a cross by way of taking possession of the territory on behalf of François 1er, King of France. That is why Gaspé is called the "Birthplace of Canada".

Métis Lodge, c.1950

Métis Lodge, c.1950. Old photographic postcard. Image submitted by Douglas Bisson whose family used to own this lodge.

Percé Rock House (Hotel) and Annex, c.1950

Percé Rock House (Hotel) and Annex, c.1950.

Noranda Mines, Gaspé Division: Historical Highlights

1909
Alfred Miller was guiding a party of timber men up the York River he noticed pieces of rock containing copper at the mouth of little York Lake.

1921 -1922
The five Miller brothers undertake an expedition to discover the location of the rocks that contain copper and their search ends near Copper and Needle mountains.

1932
Mr. I. W. Jones working for the Quebec Government inspected the Miller's claims wrote a report on the area.

Seaside Hotel, Metis Beach, c.1910

Seaside Hotel, Metis Beach, c.1910. Early photographic postcard.

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