We bought tickets for the hop on hop off trolley and off we went. We've found these to be reasonable and the best way to get an overview of a city. The pickup site is right out in front of the harbor and while waiting we noticed these sites.
This hotel was built in 1809 and over the early years was a bar & restaurant with rooms for entertaining upstairs.
The wind vane atop City Hall.
The first stop was the Royal Military College. It was fashioned after West Point and has a lot of history.
This wind vane is a sword.
From there we went to Fort Henry which I'll talk about later. Then back into the city where we got a look at some really old houses.
The Courthouse.
Even a castle!
We got off at the penitentiary museum which is in the old assistant wardens house and right next to the penitentiary. It contained various displays including a mock up of the cells from the 1800's which were like a box with only room to lay down and lots of items that had been confiscated from prisoners.
This is a crossbow made from tooth brushes.
Guns
The front of the penitentiary.
We got off again back at the start point and had lunch then reboarded for Fort Henry. They do a drill reenactment every day at 230 pm. We had a guided tour of the fort and then watched to show. This fort overlooks the St. Lawrence River and was constructed to repel the Americans when they invaded.
The inspection was interrupted by the signal that the Americans were coming.
So they all rushed up and prepared to repel them.
They fired several volleys from the cannons (smoke) and the Americans left.
We ended the day having dinner with Peter and Maureen at a great pizza place. Then gelato!
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