Today Liz and I went and visited St. Marie up by Penetanguishene. It was a reconstructed pioneer settlement that feature Wendat and French Jesuit history.
The inside was a bunch of small buildings that they tried their best to resconstruct after the settlement was burned to the ground. (And I can see how...the wooden building had lit fires everywhere, even today!)
This was the longboat house that was filled with smoke. I almost had an asthma attack! It was like I ended up in a bingo hall from the 90s.
We went across the road to visit the Canadian Martyr's Shrine. Wow, there were tons, and TONS of tourists there.
I enjoyed the outside of the building, but there were a lot of things that I found a bit strange there (like the 17 life-sized prayer rosary circles, it was just odd to me.) but on the bright side, I bought a new wooden rosary that says it comes from Bethlehem. Who knows if it's true, but it's really nice!
Afterwards, Liz and I went and found the first location of a Catholic Mass in Ontario. I think this was more what I was expecting when I visited the Martyr's Shrine.
It was very peaceful and out of the way. Afterwards we had dinner with Alex, and just generally it was a good time. What a fun day!
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