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Home » Posts tagged with » Magdalen Islands
Photo of the Week: Seal on the Menu in the Magdalen Islands
The Magdalen Islands have a long history of sealing, a controversial and highly emotive subject. Seals have been on the menu for as long as the islands have existed. Now you you can find restaurants proudly displaying signs saying Loup Marin Served Here – French for Seal on the Menu. Supposedly seal tastes like liver [...]
Biggest Amateur Sand Castle Building Event in the World
On our recent visit to the Magdalen Islands we spent a very enjoyable stretch of time walking the Havre Aubert beach and admiring the biggest sand castles I’ve ever seen. The annual Chateaux de Sable des Iles is an event that will reach its 25th anniversary in 2011. This year 250 builders took part and [...]
A Stay at the Domaine du Vieux Couvent, Magdalen Islands
The Domaine du Vieux Couvent on the Magdalen Islands is one of the loveliest places I have ever had the privilege to stay in. It had been recommended by a friend whose judgement I now hold in very high esteem. The 10 room hotel was built between 1914 and 1918, originally as a convent. It [...]
The Magical Magdalen Islands of Quebec
It was love at first sight… of Quebec’s Magdalen Islands. My first view of these magical islands from the deck of the ferry was of Ile d’Entree, a knobby landform of red cliffs with a smattering of houses on grassy sections. The Magdalen Islands are a string of six islands, linked by sand dunes, in the [...]
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Surprising Saskatoon: A City of Great Restaurants
Saskatoon took me aback. I figured since it was a prairie city, seemingly in the middle of nowhere – that there would be a backwoods feel to the whole food scene. But was I ever wrong. Saskatoon is a city of great restaurants. Within an hour of landing I was enjoying a fantastic lunch at Souleio’s on [...]
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