I was visiting my sister who was attending Queens University in the fall of 2009 my father and I had to kill some time before we had to move her into her student house. So we walked around town trying to see what we could do. We found a “sights to see” catalogue in the downtown area and it said the number one thing we should do is visit Fort Henry. Fort henry is definitely not a nice walk from the downtown core you will need a car but once you get their it`s more than worth it.  Kingston Ontario is home to one of Canada’s largest forts built to defend against the Americans in the 1800`s. It was built from 1832 to 1837 to reinforce an already existing fort form 1812 it was built to defend port hennery from American invasion. My experience in the fort was an amazing one we went on a perfect day not a cloud in the sky.  We went on a day when not many people were their so it was nice and peaceful. My father and I climbed up the relatively steep hill to get to the main wall. We followed it until we came across the main gate. The gate was in the other side of a HUGE ravine that was spanned bye a historic small draw bridge. We crossed the bridge and walked through the immense gates and into a rather large courtyard we were both flabbergasted by the sheer size of the open space. We noticed there were windows all around us and upon closer inspection we noticed they were little homes and the structure of a little self-sufficient town.  The fort has multiple little rooms and tunnels in and around the walls of this massive fortress. The Fort put on mock battles and let the visitors dress up and joins in all the action. Also if you’re visiting the fort in October they have a very scary haunted fort night that I have been told is very well put together. Fort Henry is definitely a fun day trip if you’re in Kingston Ontario and need to kill a good chunk of the day.

 (Front Gates)

(Reinacment)

(Fort fright)