The Fort Wellington latrine from around 1839 and many fragments of clothing, dishes and old shoes were found, providing insight into fort life.
The key line of defence on the St. Lawrence River side of the fort was the Caponnière (meaning chicken coup), a thick stone fortification with turrets
for shooting incoming enemy soldiers. Officer's quarters were separate from the main Blockhouse, the last line of defence for the fort.
The three story
building is the largest masonry blockhouse in North America, with three feet thick walls, a roof made to withstand artillery shells and turrets to shoot at
incoming enemy soldiers. It housed the soldiers and their families, as well as days of food and supplies of gunpowder, bullets and barrels of provisions.
In the guardroom, soldiers and those on sentry duty slept side-by-side on a wooden bench.
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