On our way out of town we stopped at Louisbourg's disused railroad station, which is now a museum. Expected to spend only a few minutes, but it turned out to be interesting, full of railroad memorabilia and old pictures. Finally moving on, we drove to Glace Bay, and their Coal Miners Museum. An old retired miner with a great spiel suited us up in hard hats and capes and led us down into a mine for a long and entertaining tour. Also at Glace Bay we visited the Marconi National Historical Site, where in 1902 Marconi set up a huge antenna, matching one in Cornwall, and sent the first transatlantic wireless signal. By then it was starting to rain (not forecast) and we headed for our campground in North Sydney, near the ferry terminal where we'll take the boat to Newfoundland tomorrow.
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