La Maison du pêcheur

About us

The wave of protest that swept through Paris in May 1968 reached Percé that same summer as the just founded Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) set up its base of operations there. The leaders of this faction would often gather with an already sympathetic hippy clientele in a ramshackle shed on the shore, the odour of seaweed blending with the smell of other weeds not necessarily related to St. John’s wort. This shed-turned-colourful-youth hostel, known as La Maison du Pêcheur, where brothers Paul and Jacques Rose would pull up their chairs next to chansonnier Plume Latraverse and where beatniks of all stripes found a place to sleep, would become the scene of a chapter in the history of Québec. Quarts of beer in hand, these protesters, clad in little more than a ragged version of the flag of Québec, would cruise the village’s main drag on their rumbling motorcycles. In no time at all, they would become the black sheep of a municipal administration striving to maintain public order. Iconoclasts, freedom lovers, they illustrated their yearnings for liberty in the graffiti that can still be seen on some sections of the ceiling of what some might call Québec’s Sistine Chapel!
Jean-Louis Lebreux, Director, Musée Le Chafaud

Partners

Thank you to our much appreciated Gaspesian producers and processors!

Brasserie Auval, Val-d’Espoir E. Gagnon et Fils, Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé Érablière Escuminac, Escuminac Érablière Saint-Gabriel, Grande-Rivière Ferme Bourdages Tradition, Saint Siméon Ferme Natibo, Caplan Fumoir Le Paternel, Percé Fromagerie du Littoral, Baie-des-Sables Fumoir Monsieur Émile, Percé La Fabrique Pasta Loca, Newport

La Minoterie des Anciens, Ste-Anne-des-Monts La Société Secrète, distillerie artisanale, Cap-D’Espoir La Vallée de la Framboise, Val-Brillant Lelièvre, Lelièvre et Lemoignan, Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé Microbrasserie Pit Caribou, L’Anse-à-Beaufils Menu-Mer, Gaspé Poissonnerie Caron, Cap-d’Espoir San’Hy Pro, Port-Daniel Servab, New Richmond