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Moose Meat and Doomed Liners (part 4)

Posted on 18. Jul, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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We’re headed toward Rimouski on Route 132 and the discussion has once again turned to food, specifically moose meat, or viande d’orignal as its known in these parts. Moose meat is a popular dinner item in Quebec, even though you can’t buy it in stores. In 2006, hunters legally killed 1,800 of them in the province. [...]

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Into the Estuary (part 3)

Posted on 16. Jul, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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We are in a boat chugging toward a group of islands in the St. Lawrence River. The ride is a little rough and the wind is blowing hard, but it is exciting to be out on the open water. A young Quebecois guide is doing her best to describe the setting in both official languages as the [...]

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The Navigators’ Route (part 2)

Posted on 13. Jul, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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It is still raining, but not quite so heavily, a distinction that is probably lost on the soggy cyclists that we pass, struggling east on Route 132. This stretch of highway, hugging the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, is known as the Navigators’ Route. The cylists could use a navigator today. A heavy mist has descended, [...]

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French Immersion (part 1)

Posted on 09. Jul, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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Ah, the life of a travel writer. I leave Vancouver on a spectacular day, the city bathed in brilliant sunshine and nary a cloud in the sky. I’m catching a plane to the La Belle Province to take a tour of the Quebec Maritime region and to attend a tourism conference in Quebec City, which is celebrating its 400th anniversary. My guide [...]