Part XV: From Basques to Belugas

Do you remember Schoolhouse Rock? It evokes memories of a childhood Kelly sitting on our brown carpet in the living room in PJ's on a Saturday morning. I loved it. I didn't even realize I was learning while watching because it was all fast and musical and before you knew it it was over and all of a sudden BAM! I knew about conjuctions and grammar. It is possibly the sun that shone on the sprouts of my illustrious journalism career. More recently I legitimately watched Schoolhouse Rock while studying for POLI 322: Politics of the US. I love the part when they are sitting in committee and then they vote and the fat guy runs the bill over to Senate.

Anyways, after today I feel like I could pen a Schoolhouse Rock spot. I did an hour and a half interview about the history of the region. That's right from glaciers to whale watchers, from Europeans to tourists, from whalers to... well you get the idea.

I think maybe if I have enough time and can somehow steal the Schoolhouse Rock music I would be a very successful rip-off film artist. I can see my future now.

Here are some of the fun facts about Tadoussac that you maybe didn't know:
The first winter the French tried to stay here. Five out of the 15 lived.

Tadoussac was founded eight years before Quebec City. Take that!

Tadoussac originally had a dirtier name. The french sailors nicknamed the town after the town hills on either side of the Saguenay fjord that looked like breasts.

The more you know.