The Fortress of Louisburg

JUNE 27, 2017  TUESDAY

Woke up to a beautiful sunny day.  Jim and I drove to The Fortress of Louisburg.  This is a recreated “city” from the 1700’s.  The recreated part standing now is only 1/5th the original settlement.  


There are many private homes, businesses, military barracks and defensive weapons…cannons.  At the bakery they bake soldier’s bread loaves every day to sell to visitors.  Unfortunately, we were too late to get any.  We did see the bread oven which had a fire inside. 


It was a long drive from the campground and we did not get there until lunch time.  We found the restaurant and was seated at a long table (seating 6).  There were only about ten long tables and one round table.  There were no lights inside only the sun coming through the windows.  

We ordered the meal with fish.  The starter was split pea soup which was very good.  Everything was served in pewter dishes and we only had a large spoon to eat everything.  The soup was good and the fish with vegetables was delicious.  All the servers were dressed in period dress and spoke both English and French.  I can’t forget to mention the large napkins which we tied around our necks.  We walked around the entire settlement and toured through all the open buildings.  Each building had a docent or two to answer any questions. 

After arriving back at the motorhome we just relaxed for the afternoon, looked over travel books and packed our overnight bags for the ferry trip tomorrow.  The ferry will leave North Sydney at 5:30 pm and arrive in Argentia at 10 am the next morning.  We have reserved a cabin for the night so we’re hoping for a good night.

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