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Le quai à Paspébiac, vers 1905. Image stéréoscopique. Collection privée. / Dock in Paspebiac, c.1905. Stereoscopic photograph. Private collection.
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Boy and dog cart, Cape Gaspé, 1948. Photo - Verle F. Brower / courtesy of Bill Bojanowski.
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Lighthouse at La Martre, 1948. Photo - Verle F. Brower / courtesy of Bill Bojanowski.
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Cod fishermen, Cape Gaspé, 1948. Photo - Verle F. Brower / courtesy of Bill Bojanowski...
Can anyone identify these people?
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Carte postale, vers les années 1950. (Collection privée) / Postcard, c.1950s. (Private collection)
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Ancienne carte postale, vers les années 1930. (Collection privée) / Early postcard, c.1930s. (Private collection)
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Carte postale, vers 1910. (Collection privée) / Early postcard, c.1910. (Private collection)
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Carte postale, peinte à la main, vers 1910. (Collection privée) / Postcard, hand-painted, c.1910. (Private collection)
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Historic and cultural town
Gaspé - Gespeg: a Micmac word meaning "land's end". More than 15 000 people are living on its territory that extends over 1 440 km2 and 130 km of coastline.
In 1534, the navigator Jacques Cartier from Saint-Malo, then on his first voyage to North America, found a safe harbour in Gaspé Bay. There, he erected a cross by way of taking possession of the territory on behalf of François 1er, King of France. That is why Gaspé is called the "Birthplace of Canada".
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Métis Lodge, c.1950. Old photographic postcard. Image submitted by Douglas Bisson whose family used to own this lodge. The lodge burned to the ground in the early 1960s.
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Percé Rock House (Hotel) and Annex, c.1950. This photograph was submitted by Douglas Bisson whose grandfather built this hotel. The annex now houses the Percé town hall.
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1909
Alfred Miller was guiding a party of timber men up the York River he noticed pieces of rock containing copper at the mouth of little York Lake.
1921 -1922
The five Miller brothers undertake an expedition to discover the location of the rocks that contain copper and their search ends near Copper and Needle mountains.
1932
Mr. I. W. Jones working for the Quebec Government inspected the Miller's claims wrote a report on the area.
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Seaside Hotel, Metis Beach, c.1910. Early photographic postcard.
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"It's not much like home." New Carlisle from Courthouse, looking East, c.1905. Early postcard.
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Handling dried codfish, Gaspé. (Early photographic postcard. Photo - CNR Photo)
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--September 24, 2013.
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Gaspesian Fishermen at Work, c.1920. Early postcard, published by H. V. Henderson, West Bathurst, N.B. /
Pécheurs gaspésiens au travail, Gaspé, v.1920. Ancienne carte postale, publiée par H. V. Henderson, West Bathurst, N.B.
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Ancienne carte postale photographique. (Collection privée) /
Early photographic postcard. (Private collection)
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Entrée du Bassin, Gaspé, 1906. Ancienne carte postale.
Entry to the Basin, Gaspé, 1906. Early postcard.
(Photo - Collection Jim Caputo)
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Goélette vue d'une navire, Gaspé, vers les années 1920. Carte postale ancienne. (Collection privée) / Schooner viewed from the deck of a steamship, Gaspé, c.1920s. Early postcard. (Private collection)
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Ancienne carte postale des années 1930. (Collection privée). /
Early postcard from the 1930s. Postmarked Bonaventure 1938. (Private collection)
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On November 17,1907, construction started on Wakeham Hall , the building that was to become the focal point for the community of Wakeham for many years.
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Carte postale ancienne, vers 1910, Collection privée. /
Early postcard, c.1910. Private collection.
