Album: Halifax, Nova Scotia, 20 July 2009
Following the weekend commemorations, we spent Monday in Halifax as tourists. In the morning, we visited the Citadel. In the afternoon, we lazed on the wharf, soaking up the sun and watching the ships go by, before enjoying a superb seafood dinner at McKelvie's, across the street from the Marine Museum of the Atlantic, one of my favourite museums.

Album: Fort Beausejour, New Brunswick, 21 July 2009
The next morning, we left Halifax and drove to Fort Beausejour, just inside the New Brunswick border, overlooking the north-eastern corner of the Bay of Fundy, a key French defensive fort during the Seven Years War.

Album: King's Landing, New Brunswick, 22 July 2009
King's Landing is one of the world's leading historic sites and is my personal favourite - as it is the site that seems to do everything right and helps other sites to do the same. A trip through central NB without a day at King's Landing would have been unthinkable, so it became a central component of our trip planning from Day One...and we were not disappointed.

Album: Fredericton, New Brunswick to Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, 23 July 2009
The drive north from Fredicton to the south shore of the St. Lawrence is pretty boring, now that the highway has been routed away from the lovely St. John River. Trees and hills, hills and trees, with little to see until the St. Lawrence is reached.

Album: Grosse-Ile, Québec, 24 July 2009
Geosse-Ile was Canada's major quarantine station between 1832 and 1937. More than four million immigrants passed through inspection here and almost nine thousand are buried on the island. In the 1830s and 40s, most Irish immigrants, fleeing famine and disease in Ireland, entered Canada here. In 1847, more than 80 "coffin ships" were moored in a line ten miles long below the island, awaiting inspection while, on board, the sick died by the hour.

Album: Les Forges du Saint-Maurice, Trois-Rivières, Québec, 25 July 2009
On our way home, we all wanted to pay a visit to Canada's oldest ironworks, established in 1730, and continued in business for more than 150 years. We had not expected much - but we were VERY pleasantly surprised. This site turned out to be one of Parks Canada's gems.