Our visit today is Fort William Historic Site on the Kaministiquia River a few miles from Lake Superior. The Fort is a re-creation of the original which is now buried beneath the railway a little further down river.
The trail leading to the fort.
Coming out of the forest upon the fort, below the wharf in front of the fort.
Standing on the wharf looking across to the main gate into the fort and below looking through the gate into the main square.
This place is massif there are 42 buildings on 25 acres.
One of the problems the voyageurs had was their feet, because they were always wet they had what we now call Athlete's Foot, they would soak their feet in this bath of copper sulphate solution. In France they spray the vines with the same stuff, they call it Bordeaux mix.
The main kitchen, that metal thingy is a meat cooker, you hang the meat inside the canopy and place it in front of the fire, there was even another thingy that turned the meat, very high tech for 1815.
These are the artisans quarters.
All the buildings painted white are living quarters.
They fire this canon every day around 2:30 pm I think.
On the way out we pass the Native Encampment.
Plaque describing the amalgamation of The North West and Hudson's Bay Companies.
I was a little disappointed with todays visit, not sure why, maybe because it was a re-creation after seeing lots of the real thing over our long journey through Canada.
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