Fortress Louisbourg - August 2001
Fortress Louisbourg.
On the Atlantic coast of Cape Breton.
A meticulously reconstructed
18th-century French Fortress.
Canadian Williamsburg.
They re-created the pubs
and restaurants of the 18th century,
and you can even get lunch there.
and restaurants of the 18th century,
and you can even get lunch there.
With vegetables grown in the
harsh Atlantic climate.
Approaching the King's Bastion.
Reconstructed from the foundations
using original stone, writings, drawings.
Scholars spent years researching
this.
Unemployed Sidney coal miners built it.
Musket demonstration.
Unreconstructed part. Visible
foundations under all those weeds.
Fortress of Louisbourg.
Nat Hager III - 2001 Aug 25