Travel the fantastic thing about French Canada with photographer Jack Holmes – Sentinel and Enterprise

GROTON — Experience the sweetness and historical past of French Canada from the consolation of your own home with Jack Holmes, the Traveling Photographer.

This digital program titled “Armchair Travel to French Canada: From Montreal to Gaspe Peninsula” can be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9.

The program will take you alongside the St. Lawrence River exploring scenic historic cities and pure wonders.

Travelers will uncover the old-world attraction of Montreal and Quebec City, the whale-watching haven of Tadoussac, and the gorgeous coastal and mountainous landscapes of the Gaspe Peninsula.

Holmes – a photographer and presenter with Images From Near and Far, in Lowell – is a retired highschool trainer and former president of the Greater Lynn Photographic Association. He additionally served as gallery supervisor of the Loading Dock Gallery in Lowell.

A photographer for greater than 60 years, Holmes says he has at all times loved documenting his travels.
“Wherever my wife and I went, I photographed the trip,” he stated with a smile. “Back then, I would create slide shows for family gatherings, and later on began printing and selling my travel images.”

As educators, Holmes and his spouse had summers off which allowed his household to journey extensively.

“My family and I would take extended road trips throughout the United States and Canada,” he stated. “We’ve traveled – and mostly camped – in all 50 states and every province of Canada.”

After their youngsters graduated, Holmes says the couple expanded their travels.

“Once we retired from teaching in 2006, we started doing a handful of international trips each year,” he stated. “On the Century Travelers Club list, we have now visited more than seven dozen countries.”

As they traveled, Holmes loved retaining household and mates linked.

“I would send newsletters home from internet cafes when they became possible, and I loved doing slide shows – first for family, then for organizations,” stated Holmes. “I enjoyed the telling and showing of the experience.”

Holmes credit journey storytellers reminiscent of Lonely Planet and Rick Steves with inspiring his method to capturing a spot via pictures.

He additionally acknowledges Robert Hayes of the Tewksbury Library for serving to him attain a wider viewers together with his illustrated journey applications.

Out of all his travels, Holmes says French Canada holds a particular place in his coronary heart.

“Quebec was a very personal trip for me,” he stated. “It’s my maternal ancestral home. I can trace my ancestry back to the first settlers of Canada. My paternal ancestors were on the Mayflower, and many arrived during the Great Migration to New England. Traveling in Great Britain and France has even taken me to places my ancestors came from.”

For Holmes, every journey just isn’t solely an exploration of latest landscapes but additionally a reconnection with the folks and locations that formed his household’s story.

The program can be recorded, and all registrants will obtain the recording inside 48 hours.

Presented in partnership with Tewksbury Public Library and made attainable, partially, by the Groton Public Library Endowment Trust.

For extra data, or to register for this presentation, go to the Groton Public Library’s web site at gpl.org. For extra data on Jack Holmes, go to westernavenuestudios.com.