Keywords: Québec
Item 148311
John Brinda and IAT members, Cap Gaspé, Québec, Canada, 1997
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1997 Media: Digital image
Item 148315
Aaron de Long, Cap Gaspé, Québec, Canada, 2000
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2000 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Building the International Appalachian Trail
Wildlife biologist Richard Anderson first proposed the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) in 1993. The IAT is a long-distance hiking trail along the modern-day Appalachian, Caledonian, and Atlas Mountain ranges, geological descendants of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains. Today, the IAT stretches from the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, through portions of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Europe, and into northern Africa.
Exhibit
Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."
Site Page
"… strength augmented by French support from Québec and Acadia—the Massachusetts Bay colony claimed jurisdiction over the region."
Site Page
"… de Mons and Samuel de Champlain, the founder of Québec. They named the island they camped on that first winter “St."
Story
Valeda Couture: a mother’s view on immigration of her children
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Quebec farm life and a mother’s experience when 7 of her 12 children move to Biddeford.
Story
Nicole Morin-Scribner: living the dreams of her immigrant parent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A 6-year-old immigrant makes the most of her opportunities while staying connected to her roots
