After a delicious Bananas Foster french toast and bacon breakfast and good conversation with our hosts we set out from our B&B to the town of
Louisbourg to visit the lighthouse and Fortress Louisbourg. Our first stop was Lighthouse Point which was the
location of the first lighthouse in Canada.
Although long gone (the first two burned down), the foundations of the
original lighthouses are still there.
The current lighthouse was built in 1923, one year after the second
burned.
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| Welcome to Louisbourg |
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| Louisbourg Lighthouse |
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| View from Lighthouse Point |
We then visited the Fortress of Louisbourg which is North
America’s largest historical reconstruction.
It was reconstructed to represent the lifestyle of the 18th
century. It is a self-contained city within
fortified barriers. Homes, small farms, a
chapel, military barracks, stores, blacksmith shops and warehouse facilities
are all located within the fortress walls. This is a very expansive construction. Walking through the various buildings gives
you an appreciation for how large it really is.
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| Fortress of Louisbourg |
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| Dauphin Gate |
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| walking to the Fortress |
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| Frederic Gate |
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| pasture within the Fortress |
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| Fortress homes |
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| vegetable garden |
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| Chapel, barracks and governor's apartments |
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| Storehouses & Icehouse |
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