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)

Canadian War Museum Ottawa Ontario

The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa Ontario Canada is definitely a sight that should be checked out if you are into Canadian military history. It was opened on May, 8, 2005 coinciding with the 65^th anniversary of the end of World War 2 in Europe. The Museum boasts more than I thought it would when I visited. I went there thinking that it would be unorganized and not much bulk of historical items. But how wrong I was it had EVERYTHING and more. It was definitely an experience I will not forget. The way they laid out the exhibits was interesting. You saw the oldest items first in the tour. The museum was planned out so you kept going from one time frame to the next until you emerge into a huge room filled with WW1,WW2 and just about every other war you could think of, full of equipment. The Canadian war museum is definitely a good place to visit if you’re a military enthusiast or if you are just looking to kill some time. Heck you might even learn a few interesting things to stump you friends with.

T34/85 medium Russian tank

German Jagdpanzer IV

Berlin wall Diorama

Inactive nuclear bomb from cold war era