suggestions for montreal?

[chickenlittle]

I'm going to be Montreal this weekend with some buddies. I was wondering if anyone could suggest any ML sites I should check out. A good BP shop, a museum with some fusils or muskets to look at, historical sites, something else of interest?

 

[Henry]

The PC wind that blown over Montr

 

[musketman]

You may want to stop at Old Fort Niagara on your way through to Canada...

http://www.oldfortniagara.org/

 

[chickenlittle]

Thanks Henry, we'll check those museums out.

MM, We'd stop at Ft Niagara but it is on the wrong end of the state. I'm meeting the guys in Albany and heading straight up from there. We'll be passing by Ticonderoga and the west side of Lake Champlain. But the NY forts are close enough that I'll get to them on my own sometime.

If anyone is interested I found this page on NY Forts
www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/maps/fortsMapIndex.htm

And one on early american/colonial Forts www.forttours.com/pages/fortsearlyamer.asp

 

[musketman]

OK, I thought you were crossing at the falls, didn't know there was another bridge... :haha:

 

[chickenlittle]

The way we're going, the only bridge is the one into Montreal.

 

[Henry]

Crossing to Montr

 

[Henry]

Just curious .... what do you want to eat
while in Montr

 

[chickenlittle]

Thanks again for information Henry. We have no set plans for the weekend so if you can suggest some good places to eat, please do.

 

[musketman]

I think I am going to move this thread over to General section now, it is more fitting there...

Please continue with this topic...

 

[Henry]

Yes of course , we have lost the original
topic ....

Well , anyway , this thread will be obsolete by friday night .

To make things simple , Montr

 

[chickenlittle]

Thanks for the help Henry.

We had a good time in Montreal but it was a tad cold. At least it wasn't snowing like it was at home. Most of the historical things were closed. The forts mostly shut down in Oct. or Nov.

We did go to the Stewart Museum. Only part of it was open but we did get to see some things. 4 or 5 flint muskets and trade guns, a wheelock, and flint pistols. There were 3 of the scottish all metal flint pistols, one of which had a very large bore, more than an inch. There was a pistol-like contraption for testing powder.

One other oddity was massive gun intended to be mounted since you wouldn't be able to hold. It had two legs that supported it. The stock was probably 3-4" thick and wide and a large long barrel. Appeared to be a matchlock.

I may make the trip back up that way next summer and see more.