 |
|
We would be spending our second night on Nova Scotia on the easternmost shore of the right "fork" of Cape Breton. Louisbourg is a quaint, friendly village with a lot of history. There's a nice drive out to Lighthouse Point, where the first lighthouse in Canada was built by the French in 1733. Its ruins are still there, along with the current lighthouse built in the 1920s. The coast is beautiful, rocky and across the harbour was the Fortress of Louisbourg, a national historic site.
The French had established a fort in Louisbourg in 1713, their stronghold in the new world. Over many years and battles with the British, the fort was destroyed in 1760 ... darn those redcoats. But the Canadian government has done an amazing job of recreating the fort as it was in the 18th century, complete with townspeople and soldiers (who stop and harass you as you enter) in period costumes. Pretty neat.
We stayed in a unique spot, in a nice condo-like motel— The Point of View Suites — and enjoyed a jogging tour around the town the next morning. Leaving Louisbourg, we followed the coastal route (the Marconi Trail — that guy did get around) up to Main-a-Dieu, a large fishing village.
Home
| Web Design | Graphics
| Photos | Travels
|
Through
Mira, Port Morien, Glace Bay, and Sydney we drove, and crossed St. Andrew's
Channel over to the serious Highlands of upper Cape Breton. It all looked
so beautiful from the bridge — we saw a good stretch of the coast
and got a hint of where the Cabot Trail would take us .... 