Vintage Postcard: Barachois Fishing Village in the Gaspe
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In most old Gaspe, Quebec fishing postcards, the fish cleaning tables were set on the beaches.
Here we see wooden tables and wooden kegs right out on the wharf.
Most of these fishing families were of French-Canadians or Jersey origin.
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A beautiful picture. A place, I am very familiar with. It looks very different now. My house is less than 50 feet from the water line. It is one of the most beautiful places in Canada. Very interesting; where the bay meets the river, salt and fresh water meet.The scenery is georgeous the mountains and beaches are beautiful.A place one must visit. Patricia Ste.Croix Anett
C’est une bien belle carte. J’adore ce petit village de pêcheurs en Gaspésie. Il avait surement beaucoup de charme et a dû bien changé. J’aime bien ses couleurs monochrome-vertes. Tu vas rire, Evelyn Yvonne si je te dis que cette région m’a été révélée par l’emission de Nicolas le cuisinier lorsqu’il se déplaçait au domicile d’apprentis cuisiniers. Je le trouvais bien sympathique, et bien moins “guindé” que nos cuisiniers étoilés. Je me souviens aussi d’une chronique culinaire avec un spirituel Daniel Pinard. Catherine (Blog: the Five Of Us)
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What a beautiful tranquil scene. The fishermen are all probably getting some much needed rest from a hard day’s work.
Oh, this is a beautifully colored card, but an odd shape. When and where was it made?
thanks so much for the nice welcome! in fact, everyone has been very welcoming on my first week!!
i also like the colors of this one. i can almost smell the water. it does look like it was taken after a long day.
Très jolie vue d’un endroit, que nous,Français,ne verrons peut-être jamais.
Merci d’être venu sur mon blog que je vais essayer d’améliorer…
A bientôt.
C’est une bien belle carte. J’adore ce petit village de pêcheurs en Gaspésie. Il avait surement beaucoup de charme et a dû bien changé. J’aime bien ses couleurs monochrome-vertes.
Tu vas rire, Evelyn Yvonne si je te dis que cette région m’a été révélée par l’emission de Nicolas le cuisinier lorsqu’il se déplaçait au domicile d’apprentis cuisiniers. Je le trouvais bien sympathique, et bien moins “guindé” que nos cuisiniers étoilés. Je me souviens aussi d’une chronique culinaire avec un spirituel Daniel Pinard.
Again – I love those old post cards especially those that reflect the past of our ancestors.
thanks for coming by my page today. I love your post card. It was so neat to see something different.
Have a great day.
Evelyn, what a beautiful postcard. So evocative of mood. I am loving your blog… what a beautiful gift for your family (and readers
Some of my fondest childhood memories are of sitting in a little fishing boat with my Daddy! He used to read me books of poetry while we waited for bites! I miss those quiet moments and the big fish dinners that resulted from our efforts!
I also like the colors too.. they are so beautiful
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I already went there and there is a big bridge there now.
My people come from Chandler. I think it was Barachois.
A beautiful picture.A place, I am very familiar with. It looks very different now. My house is less than 50 feet from the water line. It is one of the most beautiful places in Canada. Very interesting; where the bay meets the river,salt and fresh water meet.The scenery is georgeous the mountains and beaches are beautiful.A place one must visit.
Patricia, what a lovely comment and how nice to hear from someone who actually lives in Barachois. I’ve lived in Italy and travelled extensively and I agree with you that the Gaspe coastline is one of the most spectacular – even if some of it has modernized.
I visited the Gaspe for a few weeks several years ago and each day we had a new “favourite” place.
Evelyn
My great grandfather owned LeGros & Brothers General Store in Barachois. I have 5 Ledgers of items bought and sold to families in that area around the late 1800s to 1900s.
I remember the LeGros store; I was a young girl at that time. I lived in Barachois.
my family has lived in barachois for at least a hundred years i was wondering if you could maybe scan those ledgers and email them to me i would love to find a family member or relatives name on there from a hundred years ago
I remember the store. Leslie LeGros owned it when I was a little girl. This would have been in the 50′s and 60′s.
He and my father, Duncan Robertson, were good friends. Leslie was was always so very nice to me. I remember going to visit him in Victoria hospital in Montreal. I believe the year was 1963. Sadly he passed away a few hours later that very night. My email is:(Attention readers: email removed to avoid spambots but you can contact me if you want it)
Alice Robertson Chisholm
My father owned a grocery store in the village also & he was the barber. i left there when I was 14. Still miss it.