History buffs will want to visit Port Royal in Nova Scotia for a look at reconstructed fort based on the writings of famed explorer Samuel de Champlain, reports Canoe Travel.
Located across the harbor from Annapolis, the fort features Parks Canada employees dressed in period costumes, offering tours through the authentic reconstruction, based on the living conditions of French settlers who emigrated during the early 1600s after being granted fur-trading rights from the king.
The tour takes visitors through the blacksmith’s shop, the massive dining room – where settlers would have enjoyed traditional meals like beaver tail and moose nose – and even the bedrooms where settlers slept on beds made of rope. Plank stairs, built by hand, lead up to the battlements where small cannons were aimed through openings in the wooden facade.
The fort is open seasonally from mid-May until mid-October. Admission costs $3.90 for adults, $1.90 for youths, or $9.80 for the whole family.