May 21 2024 11 mins
This episode highlights the June opening of Place Fort La Tour for the 2024 tourist season. Don LeBlanc, a historical reenactor at the fort, give information about the days and hours that the facility is open, and things that a visitor can expect to see. Visitors will observe interactive cooking and listen to the story of Charles La Tour and his young bride, who is infamously known as the Lioness of Acadia as presented by reenactors in costume of that era. These is also a discussion on the challenges of raising the money to maintain such a wonderful facility since it is only open four to five months of the year. In addition to individual tourists that visit the fort, there are cruise passenger tour groups and bus tour groups. This summer there will be a production of Hamlet right in the open space in the middle of the fort.
Place Fort La Tour website