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To help you plan your visit, here is a list of our “top ten” recommended things to see and do in Louisbourg:
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1. Fortress of Louisbourg
2. Louisbourg Lighthouse
3. Our Picturesque Harbour
4. Kennington Cove Beach
5. Louisbourg Playhouse
6. Kennelly Point Look-off
7. Simon Point Nature Trail
8. S&L Railway Museum
9. Murder Mystery Nights
10. A Race Through Time
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Louisbourg Playhouse
Our very own playhouse is a Cape Breton Island hotbed of Celtic music. Weekdays throughout the summer, "Lyrics and Laughter," an entertaining mix of comedy, singing, dance and fiddle, delights visitors and locals alike. On weekends, the music series "Soundscapes" presents renowned Island musicians who have established reputations on stages throughout the Maritimes, Canada and abroad.
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Simon Point Nature Trail
A "natural beauty," this stunning stretch of coastline is located about a mile beyond the Fortress, on the way to Kennington Cove. An easy walking trail leads to Gabarus Bay, where the British fleet anchored prior to the sieges of Louisbourg. As compared to the lighthouse shore's high rock faces, the shoreline here is equally scenic but very different, having stretches of rolling grey-blue beach rocks and driftwood.
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S&L Railway Museum
This grouping of buildings and train cars includes a turn-of-the-century train station that today houses a visitor information center, gift shop and museum. The Sydney & Louisbourg Railway Museum provides a fascinating glimpse of the railway in its heyday and of Louisbourg's role as a major coal-shipping terminal and seaport from the late 1800s and early 1900s through to the 1950s.
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Murdery Mystery Nights
Once a week, on Thursday evenings, costumed staff from the national park put on a unique 18th-century "whodunit" on the grounds of the Fortress. This highly entertaining evening of mystery and fun is presented by some of the same individuals who are guides and re-enactors by day and has increased in popularity to the point where you must plan to get tickets well in advance.
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A Race Through Time
A featured race in the Run Nova Scotia series, the Race Through Time is a fun and unusual 8-mile run held in mid-August. It proceeds from present-day Louisbourg to the national park along the shore of the harbour, past Black Rock, the site of the 18th-century gallows, then through the streets of the Fortress and out through its gates, looping back to modern-day Louisbourg.
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Fortress of Louisbourg
Louisbourg Lighthouse
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Louisbourg Playhouse
S&L Railway Museum
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Kennington Cove Beach
A Race Through Time
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