Fort Lennox - Quebec's hidden gem.

Last night my husband informed me that he wanted to go blueberry picking.  I always look forward to the tiny blueberry's from Lac St. Jean, so I was excited to go on my very first expedition to pick Canadian blueberries.  My husband told me about the farm les fraise Louis Herbert this morning.  I looked it up and realized a CAP eligible park, Fort Lennox, was about 8 minutes away, so I asked my husband to stop by the park after we picked blueberries.

I'd never heard of either place prior to this morning.

Your entry to Fort Lennox is 8 dollars a person, free for young children and free for CAP card owners.  Fort Lennox is a short ferry ride from the mainland to a tiny island that contains a Fort.

We were stuffed the gills with blueberries so we didn't eat anything there.  There's little in the way of food on the island.  If I went back I would probably pack a lunch and have a picnic.  There are picnic tables everywhere and it's very picturesque. The fort's buildings are completely intact and the island is beautiful.  The characters that run around are very entertaining, and they'll tell you about the problems one would experience while living there in the 1800s.  There's a ton of "red coat" soldiers running around, along with their wives.  One woman tried to recruit my husband to marry her 14 year old daughter, so she was allowed to continuing living inside the fort.  Apparently 14 year old women were expected to marry back then or else they were sent off the island.

This little red coat is my daughter Chloe.  Be sure to ask the actors for the kids costumes.

These are remnants found on the island.

This is the dining hall in the captain's barracks.

This is a military official's bedroom.

The water lilies were gorgeous...like out of a painting.

This little self portrait is so I can recall the beauty of this afternoon.

I think its a hidden gem, an unanticipated 5/5.