Louisbourg Nova Scotia

 Certainly no heat wave here but the rain held off.  I actually bought a fleece jacket today. Spent the  the day at the Louisbourg Fortress which was recreated in the 70s as retraining for mine workers who  lost their jobs. An amazing accomplishment. Very interesting for me to see what was happening in Canada in the mid 1700's after seeing some of the grand palaces of Europe so recently. No crystal chandeliers that I could see! We lunched on pewter dishes in a traditional style. An evening looking around Louisbourg  which like so many other places in Eastern Canada has suffered the loss of a fish plant. Hard to imagine the future for  some folks here as tourism cannot really sustain a community. Dinner at the Lobster Kettle after a walk on the magnificent trail  near the lighthouse. General Wolfe landed here at one point before the Plains of Abraham. How historic!