Oh, Canada!

Immediately before we crossed the border we came across a fort for sale. 

How cool would this be?

A few minutes later we passed this monument and arrived back in Canada:

A little underwhelming I thought.

This was a much more significant monument:
  

Of course, we aren't really home - we are in Quebec which is even better because the food is amazing especially after the rural US where pate and decent cheese are hard to find and Applebees is haute cuisine.

A fancy wine box full of cheese. Oh, my

I'm not the type of person who regularly takes photos of meals
but I made an exception for this breakfast from Cafe Ecluse No 10.
That's an egg cooked in puff pastry served with scalloped potatoes, homemade
baked beans, and a fruit salsa.  Absolutely delicious.

At Chambly, we visited the fort and got to mix some Canadian history with all the American history we've been getting over the past year. Some of my favourite exhibits:

"The  Iroquois, through massacres and inhumanities, have prevented the country's population from growing, and the King is determined to carry the war to their doorsteps in order to exterminate them completely". Do you think Louis XIV recognized any hypocrisy  in this statement?

Frontenac to the Western Indians: "I am strong enough to kill the English, destroy the Iroquois and whip you if you fail in your duty to me". Good pep talk.

"New France entrusts itself to God and its Engineers".  No wonder France lost in the end.

Our first few days in Canada have all been back in canals and locks. 

Very narrow canals and very small locks. Just took one other boat to fill the lock completely.

The Chambly rapids - the reason for the locks.

Next up - Montreal.