August 22
Once again, It is raining outside.
I am at Stanhope Beach campsite on PEI.
After leaving Cape Breton,
we moved over to Louisbourg.
We planned to tour Ft Louisbourg National Historic site the next day.
The park was on the harbor, smelled like fish and full of
Airstreamer owners caravaning.
Marilyn and I attended a concert that evening at the local playhouse.
The music was perfomed by a keyboardist, guitar players, drummer and fiddle player.
We enjoyed the music but the comical skits between numbers were lacking.
Late that night coming back from my shower
I noticed an illuminated Jesus head in the office window.
Jesus's gazed followed me until I rounded the corner.
It was bad enough leaving a bathroom
painted with handprint motifs all over the walls and stalls,
but to have Jesus follow me was eery.
The next day we woke to fair weather and drove a short distance to the fort.
Ft Louisbourg was reconstructed by the Canadian Goverment in the 60's.
A short ride from the visitor center took us out across fields and marshes to the fortress.
The 50 buildings of the original 80 buildings on this site was built to reflect Louisbourg in 1744.
The fancy houses line the cobblestone streets belonged to the elite.
The simple houses are the rustic cottages of the working class.
Guides and animators portray soldiers, merchants, and worker craftsman.
Demonstrations of boat building, lace making, music,
dancing and blacksmithing were spread throughout the village.
We ate lunch at the Hotel de le Marine.
The food was served with the dishware and linen used during this time period.
We spent a couple more hours after lunch and made it back to town around 4:00.
Fort Louisbourg Photos
On our way out of town we stopped by the lighthouse.
The original Louisbourg lighthouse was erected in 1842.
Fire destroyed the lighthouse in 1922 and the current lighthouse was built the following year.
We drove for about 45 minutes and spent the night at Mira River Provencal Par
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