Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site
Parks Canada offers visitors first-rate services and exceptional heritage experiences. From 2011 to 2012, Canada will also be commemorating the centenniel of a world first: the creation of the first national parks services on May 19, 1911. Come celebrate with us and mark these key moments in our history!
Activity {num}: Spin the bottle at the Cartiers’!
Dates:
Saturdays and Sundays, throughout August
Schedule:
In French: 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. In English: 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Activity length:
45 minutes
Activity fee:
Included with admission fee
Language:
Bilingual
Target clientele:
Families
Description:
Labelled bottles were found intact at Louis-Joseph Papineau’s seigneurial manor. These extremely rare historical items help explain what went on during a meal at Sir George-Étienne Cartier’s Victorian house. Would you be able to identify the different types of bottles of the time? Come “spin the bottle” at the Cartiers’.