Fort Louisburg, Sidney, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island. Sydney is the main city in this area. We spend a couple of days there on the Sydney River. We heard some great music with Kitchfest. Which is an annual music festival held all over Cape Breton Island. Pretty great stuff.
For a day trip on July 1 we went down to Louisbourg and visited the
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site. This was the location when France control Canada. This was the center of cod fishing in the 18th-century. Cod was fished here and shipped to France to feed Paris. It is an amazing place and well worth checking out. We only spent a half day there, you could easily spend and entire day if not more. We even got to seem them shoot the canons. This fort was captured twice by the British. The French were great at making forts but not in keeping them.
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| Right outside our hotel in Sydney is a performance hall and this giant violin |
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| Walking into the Fortress of Louisbourg. |
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| They have re-created about 25% of the village, including restaurants with traditional food. |
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| Inside the fort |
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