Louisbourg and points south

   It was Sunday, I slept in a little and managed to avoid a tour bus load of people for breakfast. The tour stayed over at my hotel but they pulled away just after 8:00. 

   I had a short drive to Louisbourg to see the restoration of a French fort that the English destroyed in the mid 1700's. Nearly 50 residential buildings and most of the fortifications have been restored using much of the original plans and drawings. 

   The re-enactors were sometimes a little hokey but they all seemed to have a sense of humor.

   The loss of Louisbourg led to the extremely harsh expulsion of about 10,000 French Acadians from their land. Many settled in what was French Louisiana and were the ancestors of today's Cajuns. The English destroyed Louisbourg and everything else that was French in the area and changed the name to New Scotland (Nova Scotia).

   I spent the morning at the fort and headed out after a fish chowder lunch. I have a reservation for Tuesday on the Nova Star ferry that goes from Yarmouth, NS to Portland, Maine. I'll need to be in town the night before for a morning departure. The ferry takes about 10 hours for the trip and it's a brand new ship so I hope it's comfortable.

   I settled in for Sunday night in Halifax. I'll visit the Museum of the Atlantic on Monday morning. I'll stop in Peggy's Cove and Lunenburg for some pictures on my way south to Yarmouth. I'm ready to come home; I miss my family and friends.