Today we went to the Fortress of Louisburg. Louisburg is an old fortress the French used to defend against the British in the 1700’s. The fortress originally was made for fishing and shipping goods over to France. The fortress was attacked and taken over by the British in 1745.
Hannah and Emily with town folk
It was a long 2 hour drive to get there. When we did get theres, we first went to the visitor’s centre. Dad and I went to the washroom. When we came out my sisters and I got some Xplorers activity books. It had a bunch of things that we had to find in the fortress. Then we went outside to catch a bus to the fortress.
Ryan with a musket
My favourite part was the musket shooting (see video below). The loading took like 5 minutes. Finally they were ready to shoot. Suddenly I heard a crack and some smoke flew out of the barrels.
Before that I got a chance to write with a quill. The best feathers to use are crow feathers. The ink was made of linseed oil and soot.
Kids with a French soldier
Finally before we left the person up front let me hold a REAL musket. Surprisingly it looked and felt like wood. Only the butt was made out of wood but everything else was steel. I estimate that the gun weighed about 80lbs. Mom and dad took my picture. Finally we got on the bus.
When we got back to the visitor's centre we handed in our activity book and got a key chain and certificate.
We went back to camp and played with our friends until bedtime.
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