There’s the regular Beaupré and then there’s Saint-Anne-de-Beaupré. If it sounds like this town is deeply religious, that’s because it is. Pilgrims arrive just before the saints feast on July 28 and have done so since the 1650s. The iconic Read more…
I visited the National Gallery of Art in Ottawa and learned that behind Quebec City and Montreal, Baie-Saint-Paul is the third most painted location of all the artwork in the gallery. It’s known for having beautiful scenery at the foothills Read more…
Jacques Cartier set foot on the Île d’Orléans in 1535, but Saint-Pierre still only consisted of a handful of families into the 19th century. It wasn’t until 1935 when the 4.4km-long Post d’Île was built did Saint-Pierre see a period Read more…
Saint-Famille on Orléans Island is home to the island’s historical museum – the House of our Ancestors. It commemorates the 300 founding families of New France that now love all over the continent. The area in front of the museum Read more…
The whole of South Dakota (and North Dakota) doesn’t have that much to show in terms of tourism. I suppose they might even be jealous of Wyoming, which has Yellowstone, Red Gulch, and the Badlands just to name a few Read more…
Although I’m aware that Wall isn’t just about Wall Drug Store, I’m also conscious of the fact that most tourists will only visit Wall to see the Wall Drug Store. A true story of an American Dream, the Wall Drug Read more…
The legendary Route 66 goes all the way from Los Angeles to Chicago, but I’ve only had the pleasure to drive on a portion of it from St. Louis to Chicago. Over the last century, the alignment of the road Read more…
The Naval Museum of Quebec is only open during summer and run by the local detachment of the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve. All of the stories told in the museum are of individual sailors during the Second World War. Many Read more…
The best place to see the effect the seigneurial system had on the landscape of Orléans Island is at Saint-François. Narrow plots of land stretched inland from the St. Lawrence River to provide every farmer with direct water access. The Read more…
I’ve been on Instagram for about a year now and just made my first post. Although an amateur at the media format, I do have some preliminary thoughts on the site and how it could improve. Instagram used to be Read more…