Posts in Category: Quebec
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Laval-sur-le-Lac Green Course
Laval is the third largest city in Quebec with a population of just under 450,000 and has a recorded history dating back to 1636. There were 14 different municipal units on the island that became the city of Laval when they were amalgamated in 1965. One of these was Laval-sur-le-Lac which was and remains one […]
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National Field of Honour
Sometimes you stumble upon a place in the course of your travels that you can’t believe you didn’t know about before. Such was the case yesterday with my visit to the National Field of Honour in Pointe Claire, Quebec. Here’s how that came about. My son Bruce and his family live in Beaconsfield and I […]
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Forges du Saint-Maurice NHS
This is my fourth and final post from a recent trip to Quebec to visit lesser known, but important National Historic Sites administered by Parks Canada. The three previous posts featured Grosse Ile, Chateau Saint-Louis and Fort Levis No. 1. In this post I’ll move away from the Quebec City area to Trois-Rivières some 130 […]
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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 […]