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  Carleton, Quebec, Canada
Wednesday, August 6, 2008

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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Approaching Old Québec City Harbour	Cliffs near Percé #1	Cliffs near Percé #2	Gulf of St. Lawrence at Percé #1
Gulf of St. Lawrence at Percé #2	In Town of Percé #1	Oldtown Québec City	Percé Area #1
Percé Area #2	Percé Rock #1	Percé Rock #2	Percé Rock #3
Tête l'Indien	View of Québec Harbour and St. Lawrence	Chateau Frontenac	Samuel de Champlain
Fountain outside General Assembly	Shops on Cobblestone Streets	The CrazyPig Restaurant with Bicyles on Wall	One of the Fine Murals in Oldtown
Typical Residence Front Door in Oldtown	Restored Period Buildings	Restored Restaurant	Pretty Little Hotel
Basilica #1	Basilica #2	2nd Mural A	2nd Mural B - Note addition of Modern Life
Oldtown at Night	Chateau Frontenac at Night	One of Many Walks on the Rocks	Gannet Colony #1
Gannet Colony #2	Gannet in Flight	Gannet Readying for Flight	Courting Gannets

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