Some Final Photos of Louisbourg to Wrap Up Our Visit

    Hi everyone. Today I'm going to finish up our visit to the Fortress of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia. You can find the other 2 posts about this Living History museum here  Part 1 and here  Part 2   .

    When the French arrived on Cape Breton, they found that the area was already occupied by the local Native population, the Mi'kmaw. The Mi'kmaw people are from Northern Maine and also in Maritime Canada. I like how the museum had a building that taught me  a little bit about them.  Here's a few interesting views.

Their written language

and some of their traditional clothing.

    Because of the time when this reconstruction was set, there seemed to be lots of barrels everywhere, both native style and settler style.

Even cannon barrels. 

 

    This native fishing net was quite sculptural. and I bet it worked  (works) really well.

    I thought this horse-like sculpture was art at first, but I later learned that if you were a soldier and derelict from your duty, you had to sit on it for all to see. I can't imagine it was very comfortable, which I'm sure was the point.

   It was interesting to see these military items and be reminded how much uniforms have changed. And also how they reminded me that this was indeed a military spot first and foremost.

  And here's a few other views from the town, including my husband demonstrating what it would be like to be publicly punished. (He's a big goof-ball if you can't tell.)

    And yesterday I didn't show you the average person's home. Here's a couple of photos . It was actually not as sparse as I expected it to be.

    When we left Lousibourg we were having some light rain, and that became a bit harder as we drove back to our Air B&B in St. Ann's. One thing we passed as we left the Fortress was the lighthouse for the town that goes by the same name. This is the 4th tower built in this spot.

    The original lighthouse here was built in 1734 to assisted the residents at historic Louisbourg. It then helped the British when they lay siege to the town in 1758. This current lighthouse was built in 1924.

And with a bit of sun in between rain, we saw  3 rainbows while driving.

    In this next photo you can even see the end of the rainbow. I've never noticed the end of a rainbow before. But no pot of gold I'm afraid. 😒

  

    Getting closer back to our Air B&B we crossed this bridge over Brass D'Or, which is a very large ( I think salt water) lake in Cape Breton. It's where Alexander Graham Bell had his final home (on the lake not in it), and where there's an interesting museum with many of his things. 

    And then shortly before we arrived back at St. Ann's we saw even another rainbow.

  I hope you've enjoyed Louisbourg. I still have some more stops including  the Alexander Graham Bell Museum and some from in and around Halifax,  but I'll be saving those until after we're past the holidays.