The Acadian Village was so big, I had to divide our tour into two blog entries. This second part is on the left-hand side of the map. It's the early 20th century, with "modern" living. I was fascinated with the machinery that they were still using, including the grist mill and the saw mill. Watched both mills in action, and I must say, those old ways were pretty clever at getting things done by water power and diesel power. Such a wonderful place!
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| Covered bridge. |
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| Entrance to grist mill. |
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| The sluice to the grist mill after he opened it. Interesting - everything was run by a water-driven turbine underneath; more modern than the old water wheel mills. |
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| One small part of the workings of the grist mill. Wish I could post the video. |
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| Sawmill on the front end, looking from the rear. |
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| Sawmill on the front end. |
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| Logs turned into squares and then into planks. |
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| The filling station. Complete with old cars. Bubba was in heaven..... |
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| The Chateau Albert hotel; it has real customers who stay here. |
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| Hotel bar. |
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| Barber shop in the hotel. |
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| Modern fancy stove in one of the 20th century homes. Lots of nickel on that baby! |
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| Upstairs bedroom. |
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| Cooperage. They still make barrels the old way. |
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| The tin smith. Still making all kinds of things being used in the Acadian Village. |
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| Cobbler shop. Still making the shoes worn by the Acadian "characters". |
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| If you got tired, this nice bus would give you a ride. Pretty different from the horse-drawn wagon on the "old" side of the park. |
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| Animals everywhere. |
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| Big ol' fat bunny snoozing. |
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| We were one of the last folks out of there..... |
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| The statue in front of the visitor center. |
Sure wish we could've joined you for this outing!
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