Ottawa in the Fall

We decided to take the Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend to drive to Ottawa for a day.  Those of you unable to go Ottawa this fall should see this, is amazingly beautiful view of Parliment.

Fort Chambly

Fort Chambly is beautifully located along the waterfront in Chambly Quebec.  It's open to the public Sunday afternoons in the summer.

The inside of the Fort is well mantained.  I suppose it was nice to see the differences between the French and English Forts.  Their toilets were a highlight.  I can't say exactly why but I find toilets facinating.  What would we do without them?  Well the French decided to put theirs right over the river bed.  You can't see running water anymore.  I'm guessing it was a hazard to keep it with running water undernealth but here are the old toilets.  I am sure this was fancy for the time.

They had a really lovely photography exhibit of then and now photographs of what the city looked like before which was really 50-150 years ago and then what it looks like now.  I really enjoyed the exhibit of around 30 photographs.  I like to see how time changes everything and then sometims it does not change a thing.  I think this was my favorite part of the entire thing.

Finally the kids section was ok We got to play dress up which I enjoyed.  Here I am as a French Soldier.

It is beautifully located and historically important.  History buffs should definitely pass by.  The photo exhibit was lovely.  However the children's section left us wanting and there were not nearly as many actors on location as Fort Lennox.  This Fort was also crowded.  I would say this Fort was a 3.5/5 in terms of my experience.