Approach, navigation, or spyglass made of brass, leather, and glass, and covered with leather. Equipped with a pump system allowing the user to focus on the object in the line of sight. Manufactured in London.

The object reflects a skill traditionally associated with or practiced by the people of the Gaspé Peninsula: navigation. In the Gaspé Peninsula, many Acadian pilots and captains have successively taken the helm of ferries between New Brunswick and Baie-des-Chaleurs, such as the Allard family from Carleton.

One famous family of Acadian sailors is the Allards of Carleton. Joseph-Auguste Allard (1872–1963) was the son of Lazare Allard, captain (1841–1924) and pilot of the Dalhousie–Miguasha ferry. The ferry service was officially inaugurated in 1890 by Lazare Allard with his steamboat, the Florence. His sons took over, including François (known as Frank) Allard and Joseph Auguste Allard, who kept a logbook documenting his voyages between 1900 and 1960, also preserved by the Musée acadien du Québec. For more information, see the article "La traverse Miguasha-Dalhousie: 1890-1996" in Magazine Gaspésie, August-November 2021, pp. 15-17. (https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/mgaspesie/2021-v58-n2-mgaspesie06181/96303ac)