John
and Rita picked us up at noon and after a quick lunch we spent the afternoon
visiting Discovery Harbour in Penetanguishene.
Discovery Harbour tells the story of the original Naval and Military
base built here during and after the War of 1812. Most of the buildings are reconstructions,
but there is one original building, the Officers’ Quarters, that has been
restored to the time period of 1836.
There are also reproductions of two schooners moored at Discovery
Harbor, the H.M.S. Bee a transport
schooner and the H.M.S. Tecumseth an
armed schooner.
The
original plan for the next day was more sightseeing, but the Olympics beckoned
and so we hung out at John and Rita’s cottage, watched the Olympics and in
general did lots of relaxing. It is easy
to relax at the cottage as it is a beautiful cottage in a spectacular
setting. We had pizza at the cottage for
dinner and made an early night of it back at Boreas where we got ready for the next day’s departure.
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| the H.M.S. Bee |
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| the H.M.S. Tecumseth |
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