hertha

Year: 2023

  • PercĂ©

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    Percé

    The name of the village — PercĂ© — refers to the “Pierced” Rock, the named attraction of the area. Yet, other than look at it, either by standing on the shoreline, or taking a boat tour around it, there is not much else one can do with it. The Geopark and Bonaventure island were of…

  • GaspĂ©

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    Gaspé

    GaspĂ© was the fist of our two primary stops. The main attraction, for us, was Forillon National Park, and its hiking trails. Having a plan to stay seven days gave us enough time to see the sites, hike the trails and settle into the local environment. The hotel had a little dinning area, primarily for…

  • Madeleine Centre

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    Madeleine Centre

    We gave ourselves a lot of time to drive the short distance between Sainte Anne des Monts and Gaspé permitting us to stop along the way, often at lighthouses and marked site of interest. The rain we experienced on this leg of the trip foreshadowed what we experienced for much of the remaining trip.

  • The Big Smoke

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    The Big Smoke

    In recent weeks the smoke from forest fires in Northern Ontario and Quebec have drifted south, covering much of Southern Ontario and the Eastern United States. Among its various nicknames, Toronto has been called the “Big Smoke”: The Big Smoke was first used by Australian writer Alan Rayburn and popularized by Canadian journalist Alan Fotheringham.…

  • Sainte Anne des Monts

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    Sainte Anne des Monts

    On the windswept southern banks of the St. Lawrence River, Sainte Anne de Monts was not only conveniently located, allowing us to measure the pace of our drive, but offered a reasonably well-rate motel with a restaurant. As simply a pit-stop on our journey to Gaspé, we needed nothing more extravagant.