The permanent exhibition at the Kempffer Cultural and Interpretation Centre deals with an important aspect of the history of New Carlisle: that of its military past and its veterans. Because of several artefacts that had belonged to veterans from New Carlisle during the First and Second World Wars, the Kempffer Cultural and Interpretation Centre is able to render homage to the courage of the veterans from here.
--April 3, 2025.
In July 1760, a decisive battle was fought on the Restigouche River estuary at the western end of the Baie des Chaleurs. That battle, called the Battle of the Restigouche, would decide the fate not just of the sailors and soldiers involved but that of New France itself.
Judge Thompson House is a superb survivor from the first half of the nineteenth century. Overlooking Gerard D. Levesque Boulevard in New Carlisle, the house dates back to c.1838 and is one of the oldest buildings on this part of the Gaspé Coast.
One of the finest examples of mid-nineteenth century architecture on the Gaspé Coast is the mansion known as Hamilton Manor.
The Mi’kmaq occupied this land centuries before the first Europeans arrived and were probably the first Indigenous people to have regular contact with Europeans.This may have occurred as early as the eleventh century with the early Viking settlements on the coast of North America.The Mi’kmaq were skilled hunter-gatherers, attuned to the shifting, seasonal resources of the area and were noted for their fishing skills and their distinctive birch bark canoes that were capable of crossing open water.
In Canada, heritage sites may be designated nationally, provincially and municipally. The level of designation depends on the level of significance of the site. National Historic Sites must be judged to be of national significance; provincial, of provincial significance, and so on.
The Cascapedia River Museum is a vital part of the little community of Cascapedia-St. Jules, on the Gaspé Coast of Quebec. It represents the life surrounding the Cascapedia River and is a reflection of the pride that not only belongs to the world-famous river, but also to the people who worked and lived beside it all their lives. Cascapedia-St.
Bonaventure Island is, without a doubt, one of the gems of the Gaspé Penninsula. The island, which is a little over four square kilometres in area, and which lies off the Gaspé coast about five kilometres from the town of Percé, within sight of Percé Rock, was first sighted by Jacques Cartier in 1534.