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A Québec trip with Dana & Claude in June 2022
On May 31 Bebe and Howie drove to Dana and Claude’s home in Sainte Béatrix, Québec to begin a two-week trip through eastern Québec. Photos that appear here were mostly selected from the hundreds taken by Dana during the trip.
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We had dinner that evening at La Brasserie Artisanale L’Albion in Joliette.
We left the next day for Québec City, where we met Aimé for dinner at restaurant Le Saint-Amour where he had worked for several years.
Our second day in the city included a visit to the Chute Montmorency where the Sable enters the Sainte Lawrence.
On Friday, June 3 we drove to Tadoussac visiting the maritime museum at Ste.Joseph along the way. The following day toured the dinosaur museum.
We dined at the Hotel Tadoussac.
On Sunday June 5 we continued northeast on route 138 to Les Escoumins where we visited the Marine Environment Discovery Centre before boarding the ferry to Trios-Pistoles.
We drove an hour northeast on the south side of the river to the Auberge Marcel Gagnon art center in Sainte-Flavie where we spent the night.
In the morning we continued northeast to Mont-Joli to visit 90 year old fiddler Yvon Mimeault.
Then east on the 132 to Carleton-sur-mer, where we spent the night at B&B Manoire Belle Plage and in the morning continued east and north around the peninsula to Gaspé stopping at Rocher Percé where we boarded a boat to Ile Bonaventure to view northern gannets at the bird sanctuary.
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We arrived that evening at the mysterious William Wakeham B&B.
The breakfasts were the best part of these accommodations including my favorite french toast (pain perdu),
On Wednesday June 8 we explored the Parc Forillon and Fort Peninsula lighthouse.
Later we toured a restored farmhouse after stopping and knocking on the door.
Thursday June 9 we visited the Pointe-à-la-Renommée historic site where Marconi installed North America’s first maritime radio station.
Then on to the Parc national de la Gaspésie in the Chic-Choc mountains where Dana had booked a cabin.
On Friday June 10 after breakfast in our cabin we toured the attractively decorated Exploramer marine museum.
-and traveled to Sainte-Anne-des-monts and Auberge du Vieux Faubourg located on the shore of the Saint Lawrence.
On Sunday June 12 we traveled back along the south side of the river to Riviére-du-loup visiting Reford Gardens-Les Jardins de Metis and arriving at Hotel Levesque for the night.
We made a 6:45 AM departure to board a 9AM ferry from Berthier-sur-mer to Grosse-Ile
Grosse Île was once the main gateway into Canada and served as a quarantine station for the port of Québec from 1832 to 1937. It contains the Irish Memorial National Historic Site.
Continuing south, we arrived at the home of Mario St-Germain (member of Claude and Dana’s band Zigue) and Renée Robert, where we were joined by Aimé and shared dinner and entertainment by at least 9 musicians.
Monday morning we returned to Dana and Claude’s home in Ste Béatrix beginning with beer, wine and Cheezits on the patio.
We concluded our two week vacation with a visit to L’Asinerie åne Gardien -rescue donkeys in Sainte-Mélanie on Tuesday, June 14.
