Transcript
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Text: Port-Royal National Historic Site [Moving image of the wooden log walls at Port-Royal.]
Narrator: Port-Royal National Historic Site.
Port-Royal Interpreter: Welcome to the Port-Royal habitation. Bienvenue à l'habitation de Port-Royal.
[A Parks Canada Interpreter greeting a family at the main entrance of Port-Royal.]
Narrator: One of the earliest European settlements in North America.
[The two children running to the well centered in the middle of the fort.]
Narrator: Let your imagination soar as costumed animators bring the French colony to life.
[The two children looking into the well.]
Text: Fort Anne National Historic Site
[Parks Canada interpreter greeting a family at the Fort Anne information desk.]
Text: Fort Anne National Historic Site
[The family standing in front of a red door holding Xplorer booklets. Parents point out something to see.]
Narrator: Fort Anne National Historic Site. Canada's first and oldest National Historic Site.
[The family walk through a narrow brick and rock wall tunnel.]
Narrator: Immerse yourself in early European colonization, where the past isn't really the past.
[The children trying on old-styled clothing.]
[One child running her hand along stacks of wooden barrels.]
Narrator: Imagine the music and laughter of Champlain's Order of Good Cheer.
[The family pretending to eat dinner at a display dinner set.]
Narrator: A masterpiece of authenticity.
[The children trying on old-styled hats.]
[The family learning about Mi'kmaq culture and drumming from a Mi'kmaw woman in a Wigwam.]
Narrator: Enduring alliance with the Mi'kmaq.
[The family walking under a brick archway and then the father points at something in the distance.]
Narrator: This is real stone and brick. A living, breathing monument.
[The two children interacting with a gun attached to a window looking out from the fort.]
Narrator: Meticulous reconstruction brings story to life.
[The two children sitting on a cannon and one points towards the ocean.]
Narrator: Sweeping views unchanged after 400 years.
[The two children rolling down a grassy hill.]
Narrator: Let you inner kid play "fort!"
[The father takes a photo of the two children posing with Parks Canada mascot Parka.]
Narrator: So many incredible experiences.
[A Parks Canada Interpreter greets the family, giving the children Xplorers certificates and dog tags before waving them all goodbye.]
Narrator: Discover the past in the present.
Port-Royal Interpreter: You are now Port-Royal Xplorers. Vous êtes maintenant Xplorateurs de Port-Royal!
Young girl: Thank you.
Port-Royal Interpreter: You are very welcome.
Narrator: Fascinating reminders of Canada's past in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
[A close up of three emblems hanging above the fort entrance.]
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