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DOUGLASTOWN, QUEBEC
The following pictures are from
several locations within Douglastown. These beautiful sites are a common
reoccurrence in Gaspe each day. The year of 1775 was the year when the
parish of Douglastwon was founded. Mr. Douglas, a Scotch Land
surveyor was sent by the English crown to develop and lay out a village
at the mouth of the St. Lawerence. His voyage brought him to the entrance
of the Gaspe Bay and this began the foundations of the Gaspe area. As time
progressed Douglastown became a settlement area for irish immigrants. St.
Patrick's church in Douglastown is one of the few churches that have claim
of being an irish church within the Gaspé region. Douglastown residents
in the past relied on the cod fishery as its main source of employment
and food.
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Douglastown Wilderness
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