Port Royal, NS, B0S 1A0 CA / NS
Built between 1605-1613, Port Royal is a National Historic Site, located approximately two hours from the capital city of Halifax. In 1605, Samuel de Champlain helped establish one of the earliest European settlements in North America on land that is the traditional homeland of the Mi’kmaq. Because of its historical significance, the Habitation’s cluster of adjoining hewn timber buildings with an enclosed courtyard and surrounding palisade was reconstructed in 1939 using early 17th century building techniques. Step into the daily life of a frontier colony; explore the gentlemen’s quarters, trading and store rooms, bakery, kitchen and forge, filled with period furnishings and tools. Learn skills from the early 1600s. Spend time experiencing a remarkable and realistic glimpse of life within an early French outpost on what was, to Europeans, a little known continent.
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