User talk:NBergeron

Anne de La Grange-Trianon
Well done! JBH (talk) 13:37, 2 March 2015 (UTC)

Fort Henry
Good catch re: the b/w 1867 photo of Fort Henry. I too wondered about this. Obvious brick construction, and many of the construction details in this old photo don't seem to match with details in more recent images. Unless some brick construction was originally used and then replaced during reconstruction? I doubt this since limestone was usually the material of choice. I've put a note on the image description about this. Cheers. BC talk to me  19:28, 4 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Hey Brian, not well versed on Wikipedia messaging protocol so hopefully I do this right. I'm a member of the Fort Henry Guard and intimately familiar with the history and layout of the fort, having spent months giving tours and working on the premises. I can promise you that since 1837 when the fort was completed it has always been an entirely Limestone construction, since as you've said it was the material of choice and was freely available as a byproduct of even minor excavations around town. NBergeron (talk) 02:50, 5 May 2016 (UTC)


 * You're doing it right. That photo has been in many reputable books and other publications about Kingston. It's a wonder that the photo's problem wasn't caught before. I also notice on the Fort's website here: http://www.forthenry.com/history-heritage/ an image that shows what seems to be a brick wall (not limestone). I wonder whether this is a wrong picture as well. Apparently some brick was used in the fort, such as in the arched casemates of the Commissariat Ranges of the second fort (Ontario Archaeology No. 76, 2003, p. 12). -- BC  talk to me  16:52, 6 May 2016 (UTC)