Posts in Category: Quebec
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Fort Levis No. 1 – Beware the Americans
This is the third of four posts I am writing about lesser known National Historic Sites in Quebec. The first featured Grosse Ile and the Irish Memorial while the second focused on the remains of Chateau Saint-Louis underneath Dufferin Terrace in Quebec City. In this one I’ll cross the St. Lawrence River and visit Fort […]
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Chateau Saint-Louis NHS – History Beneath Your Feet
This is the second of four posts I am writing on lesser known, but extremely important National Historic Sites in the Quebec City area. In the first post I visited Grosse Ile and the Irish Memorial NHS and learned about the 4 million + immigrants who first set foot on Canadian soil there, including my […]
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Grosse Ile NHS – Tragedy and Triumph
In the late 19th century my grandfather was brought by his mother and stepfather from County Antrim, Ireland to Canada. Since they settled in Nova Scotia, I always assumed that the point of entry was Halifax; until I visited the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. There, with the help of the museum’s genealogists, […]
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La Tempete Golf Club Hole by Hole
The people of Quebec have had a love affair with golf since Royal Montreal opened as the first golf course in North America in 1873. Thankfully the days of segregation when the Anglos played at English speaking courses and the Quebecois at French speaking ones are pretty well long gone. Golf is a game that […]
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Entourage Sur le Lac Under Construction
In 2017 the Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC) was hosted by Quebec City and as usual it was an outstanding success from every point of view. It’s hard to think of a more iconic hotel to play host than the Chateau Frontenac or a more historic venue than old Quebec. After the conference I joined […]
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Coaticook Gorge and Oka National Park
I almost hate to write this, but it is the final day of the Quebec RV trip. Our destinations have been the Outaouais and Eastern Townships regions of Quebec and for five straight days we’ve had phenomenal weather. Last night it rained heavily, but not until we’d had a chance to experience the out-of-this-world Foresta […]
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Foresta Lumina – A Must Visit Attraction in Coaticook Gorge
It’s time to move on again in our RV trip to Quebec. This morning we are leaving Yamaska National Park, where we have enjoyed two wonderful days, cycling the park, biking down Mount Bromont and visiting Granby Zoo.We are headed for the town of Compton, deep in the Eastern Townships and later the mysterious Foresta […]
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Granby Zoo and Biking Mount Bromont Too
After a great night’s sleep amidst the Appalachian forest at Yamaska National Park it’s time for my son Dale and I to try something neither of us has done before – taking a chairlift up and biking down a ski hill and after that visiting Granby Zoo. But first we need a hearty breakfast and I’m […]
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Yamaska National Park with a Stop at Beautiful Montebello
It’s the third day of the RV trip to the Outaouais region of Quebec with my adult son Dale. We’ve had a blast at the Chutes du Coulonge adventure park and the lovely Gatineau hills town of Wakefield. But already I’m having regrets – regrets that is about having to leave Plaisance National Park after […]