After the visit to Grandma, we headed to Louisbourg to see the Fortress and get a bit of Cape Breton history. We stayed at the Fortress Inn, a simple roadside motel with the basics.
We ate dinner across the street at the Grubstake. Very unassuming on the outside, but it was open in the 1800’s. We enjoyed a massive halibut steak special, and Digby scallops.
The next morning, we headed out to the Fortress. We paid the regular tour price, which lets you wander around on your own, and then we added the time travel option, where we paid another 7.50 each to have period actors take you around to the different buildings and exhibits. We were very impressed with the restorations, and the great history given to us by the period actors of the life of the French soldiers that came to Louisbourg, the servants, the Engineer, commissar and governor. I took history in school, but learned much more on the early history of Canada and how important Cape Breton was to North America, the export of fish and resources to Europe, and the history of our ancestors during this trip than all the years in school!!
After a full day in Louisbourg, we headed out toward Eskasoni and Castle Bay to tour my father’s childhood home and on our way to tour the Highland Village for our Gaelic heritage.
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This is one of the neatest and most informative historical places I have ever visited. I was amazed at the sophistication of the French in those early years and their enterprising spirit, They certainly tried to recreate the cultural heritage of a country thousands of miles across the ocean. Did you try the bread and beer. They were both awful. I think I would have been pretty skinny and a tea-tottler for sure!
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We did not try the bread or beer, we did have coffee which was out of a 21st century dispenser ( probably maxwell house). They acted like we would be able to try authentic hot chocolate but it was just nestle powder, and you added water to make it ” just like the French” !
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