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The young boy was standing in front of a small wooden table on which laid a birthday cake with four lit candles. You could see the gleam in the little guy’s face, and his underlying smile of knowing that this was his day to be celebrated, and his day alone. Dressed in a clean white shirt, dark slacks, and a clip-on bow tie, we could sense what he was thinking as he continued his bright-eyed stare into the candles. We could almost feel his wonder at what other miracles life would bring, and that this birthday was certainly one of them.

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.

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

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.