06 Jun Lighthouse Trail

Most of the dignitaries had cleared out by the time Contrarian showed up for an inaugural stroll along Louisbourg’s freshly opened Lighthouse Trail Saturday. The footing is sure, the viewscapes sublime.

The eponymous lighthouse, near the site of the original 1731 structure erected by the French, is down at the heels.

Commemorative plaques placed on the lighthouse by the Historical Sites and Monuments Board of Canada display a curious bit of  politically correct non-evenhandedness:

The French displayed “valour and endurance against overwhelming odds.” The British? They were “commanded by Gorham and Wolfe.” C’est la Guerre!