CASA

9/6/2010 10:39:56 AM

Quiz #13: History
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1. When did the Recollects and Jesuits start their missionary work on the Gaspé Coast?  

 

2. In what year did the English destroy in part and take command of many of the French settlements on the Bay of Chaleur? 

 

3. When was the first visit made to Gaspé by Queen Elizabeth II?

 

4. When was the first chapel in Douglastown built? 

 

5. What rank did John Coffin reach in the British army? 

 

6. When did the government begin linking towns in the Gaspé to make a highway? 

 

7. Who was the first Lieutenant-Governor of the district of Gaspé appointed in 1775?  

 

8. The wreck of the ‘Colborne’ in 1838 is said to have taken place in the Bay of Chaleur near which towns?

 

9. Which Gaspésian town had the highest percentage of volunteers for military service in 1939 in ratio to population?

 

10. Which group first settled Bonaventure?


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