I remember visiting the Fortress of Louisbourg as a kid with my family in the 70s... it was like a magical step back to a memory frozen in time. I remember being really shy, but excited, when one of the "soldiers" put period costume hats on my sister and I to have our pictures taken with him. The experience was of the highlights of that summer! Thanks for the great family memories Louisbourg!
We also visited many years ago and were challenged at the gate to check if we were friend or foe - "Est-vous d'Angleterre". "Mais non", I replied, "nous sommes d'ecosse". We were welcomed as a friend (from Scotland not England).
Great place! Visit multiple times a year! Got to spend the night in the prison just a couple of weeks ago! Highly recommend visiting! Like a step back in time!
We visited on decades ago and it was perfect -- so cold, wet and early in the day that there were only the two of us. As in the video, we were met at the fortress entrance by a guard who asked us in French our identity. Trying to be cute, I replied "Nous sommes Bostonnais de Nouvelle Angleterre". Bad Idea. He closed the gate and left us standing alone outside the fort for at least 15 minutes. Well played.
I remember being told I wasnt aloud through the gates, because I was wearing a red jacket, apparently he let it pass since I was only about 35 pounds in weight at the time
Absolutely , highly recommending to see. Actually, my family was given the task , under the French crown, to design Louisbourg and act as Governors of this pivotal fortress in Canada.
I remember visiting the Fortress of Louisbourg as a kid with my family in the 70s... it was like a magical step back to a memory frozen in time.
I remember being really shy, but excited, when one of the "soldiers" put period costume hats on my sister and I to have our pictures taken with him. The experience was of the highlights of that summer!
Thanks for the great family memories Louisbourg!
We also visited many years ago and were challenged at the gate to check if we were friend or foe - "Est-vous d'Angleterre". "Mais non", I replied, "nous sommes d'ecosse". We were welcomed as a friend (from Scotland not England).
Great place! Visit multiple times a year! Got to spend the night in the prison just a couple of weeks ago! Highly recommend visiting! Like a step back in time!
Thanks for watching and visiting! Glad to hear it was a great experience 😀
Such a beautiful history of ⚜️⚜️ACADIA ⚜️⚜️. (French Canada)
Nicely done video!
Fantastic place! Here is a short clip of Louisbourg August 20th St. Louis military parade I took when I was there. @
We visited on decades ago and it was perfect -- so cold, wet and early in the day that there were only the two of us. As in the video, we were met at the fortress entrance by a guard who asked us in French our identity. Trying to be cute, I replied "Nous sommes Bostonnais de Nouvelle Angleterre". Bad Idea. He closed the gate and left us standing alone outside the fort for at least 15 minutes. Well played.
Thanks for sharing Richard :)
My first memory of being there is sometime in the 70's too.1979,when I was 6 years old,if I remember correctly.
i was there and it was AWSOME
I haven't set foot inside the Fortress of Louisbourg since high school.Then again,I was probably only in Louiisbourg once since then.
this is what I am learning about in school it is really cool cat wait to
go there for the field trip on June 21 2013! cant wait for it....lol
that is amazing; would love to visit it someday.
You can see the crowd jump at 1:41.
There is a "Christmas at Luisbourg" video presentation in existance. Can someone point me in the right direction.
i live on Cape Breton Island. i am close.
It's even pretty foggy just before you enter the town of Louisbourg itself.
I will be visiting for the 300 th anniversary .
I remember being told I wasnt aloud through the gates, because I was wearing a red jacket, apparently he let it pass since I was only about 35 pounds in weight at the time
Absolutely , highly recommending to see. Actually, my family was given the task , under the French crown, to design Louisbourg and act as Governors of this pivotal fortress in Canada.
0:43-1:42 and 2:35-3:14 the music sounds like a dramatic version of Concerning Hobbits
My teacher loves history, better not show him this :o
Even the last 6 years I lived in Cape Breton,I still never went there.
They're dressed the way the French military dressed them in 1744. That's okay, a bit of reading and you'll have all the info :)
But....why are they dressed as the Bulkley's Regiment? I would expect regulars not foreign exiles.....
Fort Erie and Geogre is beter