Maritimes-17

Seems like a routine now: Alarm, Up, Breakfast, Bus Today we headed across the island to the fortress of Louisburg. This is a reconstruction of a 18th century fort built by the French to protect their fishing interests in the area.  The fortress traded hands between the French and the British a couple of times […]

After breakfast we boarded the bus for our trip around the Cabot Trail. This is a 185 mile road around the northern half of Cape Breton Island. Our guide for the day was local authority Paul Hanna. Paul regaled us with stories about what we were seeing and the history of the Acadians who settled

After breakfast this morning we boarded our bus for a thrilling, fun-filled ride up to Cape Breton Island. Along the way we stopped at Pictou – the site of the first landing of Scots immigrants in Canada.  At the Hector Heritage Quay we toured a modern reconstruction of the converted cargo ship they sailed on,

After breakfast we had a lecture by  local historian Dr. James White – pretty good stuff that included some geology, oceanography, and local history. Then we boarded the bus (piloted by our very own driver Doris) where the Dr. White took us on a guided tour of town. This being Halifax, there was a mandatory

First the bad news. The wifi connection at the hotel is go abysmally slow that I haven’t’ been able to upload any pictures. Perhaps at the next hotel things will be better. If so, I’ll update this page. At any rate, here’s what’s been going on. The first event was check-in with our group leader