{"id":11251,"date":"2022-09-26T14:12:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T18:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bordercityrocktalk.ca\/?p=11251"},"modified":"2022-10-03T13:55:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T17:55:39","slug":"fort-st-joseph-is-about-close-greyhounds-gonna-chase-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bordercityrocktalk.ca\/2022\/09\/26\/fort-st-joseph-is-about-close-greyhounds-gonna-chase-knights\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort St. Joseph Is About to Close \/ Greyhounds Gonna Chase Knights Again This Year\/Charlie Schenkel\/Sniffles Is Back"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I have been here on Gilligan’s Island for 4 months now and can’t picture a better place to live. Having said that, I realized on Saturday that I hadn’t visited or checked out Fort St. Joseph. On my bike rides I would see the signs but just never made it that far, so I decided to investigate.\u00a0<\/p>

The “tour” for lack of a better word was not too bad. The 15-minute movie describing the Fort and how it went through being burnt down, rebuilt, and stationing 45-ish soldiers was quite interesting. The artifacts were also very interesting to me; especially the metal buttons from the late 1700’s that were unearthed by archaeologists.\u00a0<\/p>

After we watched the video and checked out the remains of the era, we went outside to see the ruins of a life from yesterday.\u00a0<\/p>

The ruins to be honest weren’t as exciting as ones I have seen in the past such as Machu Picchu<\/strong> or Teotihuacan<\/strong>, but they had their own spirit. Even though aside from the chimney there wasn’t much left over but a few stones in the grass; the view over the Lake was romantic. I could picture sailors aboard ships and\/ or natives rowing out in canoes West on their way to Mackinaw Island for a preemptive attack. I was actually surprised to learn of this (historical account of the British\/Canadian attack on Fort Mackinaw<\/i>) and also the fact that we were only 40 Miles from the Island I have been to many times.\u00a0<\/p>

Without getting into a long-winded story about what I learned about John Askin<\/strong>, The Indian Federation<\/strong>, etc. I will just say that I learned a lot about the history of this Island via a very enthusiastic musketeer.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>

You see the gentleman that greeted us upon our arrival to the centre was the same person that gave us a demonstration on how to fire a musket. He was very much a Chatty Cathy from Chattanooga<\/strong>, and I appreciated his energy and zest and so did the others who were there.\u00a0<\/p>

Anyway, if you have not checked out the Fort, you had better do so soon as it is closing for the season. The last three days it will be open are Wed\/Thurs\/Friday of this week. They are closed today and tomorrow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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