Forillon National Park, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
The fear of the LORD adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short. ~ Proverbs 10:27
We walked a couple of trails today, of which part was only parts of one long trail (Les Graves) that we hadn’t done yet, and also the prettiest section we’d already done. Got that? Are ya with me? 😊
and walked toward home, and then back again.
The main reason is because of the French word for moose.
Wonder why?
There were no moose.
There were no birds.
There were no frogs.
And along the way, we learned some new stuff too.
We had to park about a 1/4 mile away and walk,
but they have this trail to keep the people and cars separated. : )
And the water just disappears into the rocks that make up the beach!
We think you have to be here early in the morning if you want good pictures.
Not sure you can even pick it out in this picture. : )
You’ll find them, and some “cubicles” in one of the campground loops, so we took a drive to see them. Guess it’s better than a real tent, but still not for me. At least, not anymore. : )
Why do they all like making webs across the side-view mirror – – on my side?
Blaine squished ‘im with a rock. : )
but first, we had to review part of it. : )
They have sea kayaks.
As good as ours is, we could never go where they do.
and Blaine wasn’t satisfied with the ones we found alongside the trail.
He offers a resounding, “YES!”
I counter with a resounding, “NO!”
We’ve never seen a cemetery where the graves are actually leaning on a hill. . .
Wonder if she was “Aunt Alice” to the entire community?
We don’t know if they don’t know who’s buried here, or if that’s how the family marked the grave.
Although who can say for sure?
These days, so many wear camouflage or dress like soldiers, who aren’t.
This guy seemed legit. . . .
Our last stop was the Dolbel-Roberts House, where we learned more about the expropriation of Canada’s citizens.
On sailing ships with no doctor aboard, a medicine chest was used to store a variety of rather rudimentary remedies. Access to the chest was controlled by the ship’s captain.
This is why. They have the original one in here.
Maybe one of the expropriated people carved them?
You’ve seen numerous pictures of what it looks like now . . .
We watched a couple of video interviews the Park made. One was a couple (only the wife spoke), who talked about what happened. I snapped pictures of some of the screens, so I could have it to transcribe later. She was speaking French, but they provided English subtitles if needed.
We were told, “You have been expropriated 100%.”
Expropriated 100%. That means your woodlots, your house, your buildings – everything. That was really the shocker – the knife in your heart, you might say.
My husband said, “Where are we going to wind up?”
We heard they were receiving 6 million dollars in order to create Forillon Park.
He (their contact) said, “I think you’re going to receive pretty good compensation”. He’s passed away now. I’ll tell you something we found out. You know how much the park cost? Apparently it was created for $2 million.
What she’s implying here is that the company that was hired to handle the expropriation received the other $4 million and when I did the math, the 225 families received a total of $3,600,00. After seeing that, I think the majority of fault lies with the Canadian government, not the company. If they only gave the company $4 million to work with, then granted they could’ve shared more of their $400,000 fee, but even if they only kept $100,000, that would’ve only given the families an additional $1,300. Still. Every little bit would have helped them. Back to the interview:
Then we got word. It was called . . . I know there was the name “Bond” in it. I can’t remember the exact name of the company, the firm that expropriated us. When we got news to go to the office in Gaspe to meet them, at that point, they got out our file, our papers, our houses, our house and all that.
Then they told us. “We’re offering you the amount of $16,000.”
16,000 dollars! What are we going to do with 16,000 dollars what with nine children and all? That’s nuts! Come on!
They said, “Well, some people are talking about taking their case to the commission.” And then, “If you go to the commission what do you think you’ll get? Maybe you’ll be risking getting less than what the firm is offering you.”
We didn’t accept the first amount they offered to us. I said, “No. We’ll be seeing each other again.” And as far as they were concerned, that was that. But at that point, I decided to form up the committee. I said, “We’re going to create a committee, and we’re going to get together . We’re going to correspond with the government departments.”
In my letter, I said, I wrote down all the departments we had met, who are there to protect citizens and all that. I said, “We’re going to try and defend ourselves. We’re going to put a bit of a fight, at least to get a bit more if we are forced to leave.” Not even.
(Interviewer – “Between the offer you were made and this amount you finally received. What . . .?”)
Then after I had met the ombudsman and he had heard everything we told him, I took along about 20 expropriated owners with me into the offices. He heard it all out; it was awful for him. I don’t know. He decided to remit about $8,000 to us. $8,000 to each expropriated owner. That’s what we got, on top of the $16,000. That’s all we got.
It’s really too bad only 21 families decided to fight. But good for her for doing all she could!