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Carleton Camping
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2008 is Québec City's 400th anniversary and we were there to help celebrate. We spent (8) days in Québec City altogether camping in Beaumont on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Each day we took a beautiful scenic 15-minute ferry ride to Québec City. The ferry sailed from Lévis, a 10-minute drive from our campground, called "Camping Carol". Lévis became a British fortress after Wolfe defeated Montcalm in 1759 on The Plains of Abraham, where incidentally Paul McCartney performed his free concert to a crowd of over 200,000 fans on August 20, 2008. As you can see from the photos Old Québec City is beautiful and picturesque. We have tried to include a good cross section of its many facets. There are photos of Chateau Frontenac (several, we believe) and some of the very European-looking shops on quaint narrow cobblestone streets. We toured the General Assembly, The Plains of Abraham, Notre Dame Basilica and walked miles soaking it all in. We even found an Irish Pub which was surprisingly authentic. Carie thoroughly enjoyed making use of and much improving her French.
From Québec City we travelled east along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River to the Gaspé Peninsula (La Gaspésie) stopping at a campground the second night out in a place called Cap Chat (Cape Cat) so-called because the rock formation at its tip is in the shape of a cat - imagine that! We spent (3) days there touring the area. One of the tours was of a windmill farm. These forms of power generation are becoming more prevalent because of their self-sustainability and lack of need for fuel to produce power.
The next four days we were in Percé camping at Tête l'Indien (Indian Head - named once again after the rock formation at its point). See if you can find it in the pictures. A boat tour to Bonaventure Island was definitely a highlight. There is the largest colony in North America of the Northern Gannet living on Bonaventure Island. They are fascinating partly in that they were totally unperturbed by the human presence and we were quite close as you can see by the photos. The picture of the lone Gannet with his beak in the air indicates he is sucking in air prior to takeoff. The town of Percé and Percé Rock (pierced rock) are a photographer's delight. Scallops, shrimp, lobster and goat cheese were abundant in this area. We took advantage of it all. Carie was in 7th heaven.
We left Québec crossing into New Brunswick at Campbellton. All in all, travelling Québec City and La Gaspésie were an experience we would repeat in a heartbeat.
One note about the map showing on our BLOG: it appears on the map that we have travelled "as the crow flies" when in fact we stuck to the shoreline for the entire Peninsula.
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Bonjour! (reply)
Aug 27, 2008 12:27 EST by jacquiejw
Hi Gary and Carie,
We love Quebec. We spent a week in Quebec City and the Charlevoix region about 7 years ago and were just in Montreal for a week for meetings!
What an awesome adventure you're having!
Keep in touch!
Jacquie and Graham
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