Because the distance was not very far, Li Zehan and his party soon arrived from Kingston to the small town of Gananoke.

The town is not big, with an area of 7 square kilometers and a permanent population of only more than 5,000 people, and the population density is quite low.

The nearest is the state of New York in the United States, which is only 17 kilometers away.

Therefore, along the Kuril Islands around the town, there are a large number of rich people and celebrities from the United States and Canada, which is a real paradise for the rich.

Gananoque, a place name derived from an indigenous Indian language, means "town on two rivers".

Although this town is not well-known, many tourists who have traveled to Canada have actually been here.

Because there is a departure place for a cruise to the famous tourist attraction "Thousand Islands Lake" in Canada.

Gananoque – The two rivers of the so-called "town on two rivers" are the "Gananoque River", a small river that runs through the town, and the "St. Lawrence", a large river that flows south of the town.

And Qiandao Lake is not actually a lake, but a wide bay of the St. Lawrence River.

There are two boarding docks near Kingston on the Canadian side of the Thousand Islands Lake cruise, one in downtown Kingston and the other in Gananoke.

Cruises departing from downtown Kingston only take a circle around the lake and do not stop on the island, while cruises from Gananoque have two routes, one line like the one from Kingston, which does not land, and the other line stops at the famous "Heart-shaped Island" (also known as "Bolt Castle") halfway through, and visitors can visit the island.

Li Zehan and his entourage also came to this other line.

Because there are two routes to choose from from Gananoque, and there are more frequent boat trips from here, most tourists prefer to take a boat from Gananoque to Qiandao Lake.

It has also added a lot of traffic to Gananoque, an inconspicuous town among many small towns with its own characteristics in Canada.

"Isn't there anything good going on, you're obviously in a much better mood than you were before you left. After arriving at the cruise ship ticket office here in Gananoque, Kim Tae-hee, who had just gotten off the bus, stared at Li Zehan for a while and said.

"It's rare for these girls to do a good thing. Li Zehan curled the corners of his mouth and said.

"What's the matter?" asked Kim Tae-hee curiously.

"They helped me get an extra two days off from the section chief, and as long as you have no problem there, we can play in Canada for two more days. ”

"That's a good thing, I'll talk to Ernie and Shira later, it shouldn't be a big problem. Kim Tae-hee said after a moment of silence.

"Let's go buy tickets first, lest the time passes, and we can only choose the route that does not go to the island. Li Zehan looked at the time and said.

Kim Tae-hee nodded, if they missed the route to the island, they would be quite sorry.

After taking the things they wanted to bring, Li Zehan and the others entered the ticket office.

Maps hanging on the walls of cruise ship ticket offices are filled with pins inserted by tourists from all over the world in their home cities.

Cui Xiuying and others also excitedly found a thumbtack and left their own marks on it.

After purchasing the ferry tickets, Li Zehan and the others came to the dock and waited to get on the boat.

Although it is not the peak tourist season, there are still quite a lot of tourists gathered here.

"Come over here, and let Tysioni wipe off your sunscreen. Just when Li Zehan was looking around boredly, Lin Yun'er's voice came from behind him.

Turning his head to look, he saw that they were smearing on sunscreen, and Kim Tae-hee also waved at him.

Li Zehan walked over very cooperatively, and let Kim Tae-hee take the sunscreen and help him apply it.

As for Sunny and the others, who took the opportunity to eat tofu, they were directly ignored by him, and several people moved their hands and feet on his arms anyway.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Li Zehan and the others followed the flow of people and boarded the cruise ship they were going to take.

With such good weather, Li Zehan and the others naturally chose to sit on the second deck.

"YES~! It's finally time to go and see the heart-shaped island. As soon as she sat down, Kwon Yoori gave a low cheer of excitement.

"Yuli, there are still a lot of tourists around, pay attention to the image. Sunny, who has always been acting like a lady, reminded.

"You can't take your image too seriously when you travel, otherwise you will lose a lot of fun. Quan Yuli helped herself with the sunglasses she had just put on for a short time, and said seriously.

There is indeed some truth in this, if you want to have fun, you really can't care too much about your own image. Lin Yun'er touched her chin and said.

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On the river, the green trees, the clear water, and the blue sky are eternal scenery.

In autumn, the autumn is red.

Sometimes the huts stand on the reef, sometimes the castle hides in the shade of the trees, and the mirror-like tranquility of the water reflects the white clouds, and the occasional speedboat rows by, leaving an arc to slowly retreat.

It has long been withdrawn from the transportation channel of industrial civilization, and everything is silent and beautiful. There is a real sense of withdrawal from reality like a dream.

But this is just how Li Zehan felt when he first set off.

After Olivia's seasickness reaction, Li Zehan's attention had to be shifted from the beautiful scenery to her.

"Ollie, weren't you fine the day before yesterday, when you were in Niagara Falls, the boat was even more bumpy, you didn't get seasick, how did you get here, on the calm river, you got seasick. ”

"When I was over there, my attention was mostly drawn to the waterfalls, and I had to dodge the splashes from time to time, so I didn't have the energy to get seasick. Olivia leaned on Cheng Shiqing's arms and said weakly.

"I knew that I would give you some seasickness medicine and put a seasickness sticker. Li Zehan scratched his hair with some annoyance and said.

"Do you have any of those things ready?"

"Of course I prepared, but I was afraid that Ollie would get seasick. Li Zehan nodded.

If it weren't for the fact that Olivia didn't have seasickness when she took the Niagara Falls cruise that day, Li Zehan would have given her the things a long time ago.

"It's a little late now, so let's put a seasickness patch on Ollie, and forget about the medicine. Kim Tae-hee patted Olivia's head soothingly and said.

Li Zehan hurriedly took out a seasickness sticker from the bag he was carrying and handed it to Cheng Shiqing, asking him to help Olivia put it on.

"I seem to be causing trouble for everyone again. ”

"It's not a hassle, and there's nothing else to do when you're on the boat anyway. ”

"Don't talk so much, and get some rest, lest you go to Heart-Shaped Island and lose the spirit to visit the castle with us. ”

After an hour and a half of travel from the small town of Gananoque, the boat will arrive at the main destination of the trip, Heart Island.

Most of the islands in the lake are private and cannot be visited by tourists, with the exception of this heart-shaped island, which has been sold to the U.S. government, which has developed it into a tourist attraction.

Looking at the heart-shaped island that had appeared in sight, the emotions of Kim Tae-hee and the others became excited.

Even Olivia, who had just been lifeless from seasickness, came to her senses.

Visitors will disembark at Heart-shaped Island for a two-hour tour of the lavish love nest built by wealthy Usain Bolt for his wife more than 100 years ago.

Li Zehan and his entourage, who got off the boat, immediately found a suitable place and took certified photos.

Li Zehan can say with great certainty that after coming to Canada for so many days and visiting so many places, Kim Tae-hee and Olivia definitely had the brightest smiles when they took certification photos this time.

After taking the certified photo, the group went to go through immigration procedures, after all, the heart-shaped island belongs to the United States.

Despite being a small 5-acre island, landing on the island is a complete set of entry procedures.

Therefore, passports, U.S. visas, and valid EVUS (U.S. Visa Information Update System) are indispensable.

In addition, a $9.50 ticket is required to visit Bolt Castle, so to avoid the queues at the time of ticket sales, you can book your tickets at the time of booking or at the ticket office at the Garanoque Pier before boarding.

After going to the island, there is a kiosk on the side of the road, where you can rent guide headphones and provide English commentary.

After everything was ready, Li Zehan and the others first wandered around the island, planning to finish shopping outside before entering Fort Bolt to visit.

There is also a water castle next to Fort Bolt, which is just an outbuilding of Fort Bolt and is actually the castle's power plant.

The water tower on the island, with its steeple hut on top, is used to keep pigeons, so it is also called "pigeon tower".

The island's Italian garden, with a fountain at its core, surrounded by marble statues.

Li Zehan and his entourage left footprints and took commemorative photos in these places.

Cheng Shiqing was also in the process of browsing, taking the information she had searched in advance and explaining it to everyone.

The last owner of the island was a U.S. Congressman named Hart, so the island took the owner's surname, also called Hart.

When Bolt got Hart Island, he didn't rush to change the name of the island to his own surname, Boldt, but made some changes to the edge of the island to make it closer to a heart, and then renamed it Heart Island. It can be seen that Bolt, a business tycoon, is actually very literary and artistic in his bones, which laid the groundwork for his subsequent behavior.

Mr. Hart, the former owner of Heart-Shaped Island, built several holiday homes on the island, and the conditions were also very good, so the new owner Bolt did not demolish and build on this, and used them directly.

Since then, the New York-based hotel tycoon has been vacationing on Heart-shaped Island almost every summer.

In 1900, at the dawn of a new century, Mr. Bolt suddenly decided to start a major project on Hart Island.

However, this great project he engaged in was not dedicated to the new century, but as a gift of love to his beloved wife Louise.

This is the Bolt Castle that visitors see today.

After walking around the outside of the castle, Li Zehan and his party walked towards the entrance, intending to officially enter the interior of Fort Bolt to visit.

After entering Fort Bolt from the entrance, there is the entrance hall on the first floor.

Although it was built by the Americans, the design took the European route.

As in many European buildings, there is a large staircase leading to the second floor in the entrance hall.

On the side of the staircase there is a small living room for guests to take a break.

"If anyone could build a castle like this for me, I would marry him without saying a word. Lin Yun'er said while holding her face.

"Yun'er, don't fantasize too much about such an impossible thing, it will hurt you. Quan Yunli put her hands on Lin Yun'er's shoulders and said with a very serious expression.

"What will really hurt me is Ernie's words, without your poisonous tongue, I will never be hurt. Lin Yun'er complained and said.

"This is all the love of our sisters for you, only after our tempering, you will not hurt those bad men in the future. Cui Xiuying patted Lin Yun'er's head lovingly and said.

"Such a twisted love, I don't need it, and I won't be hurt by bad men, don't underestimate me so much. Lin Yun'er said with her hands on her hips.

"You are still young, you don't understand our hard work, we don't blame you. Cui Xiuying said with a smile.

Lin Yun'er didn't bother to take care of these unscrupulous sisters, took Xu Xian's arm, and walked quickly towards the stairs.

The six-story, 120-room Rhineland-style castle was designed to be one of the largest private residences in the United States at the time.

Along with the castle, construction was carried out on a watchtower, a power plant, a water tower, an Italian garden and a drawbridge.

In order to complete this huge "gift of love", a construction company that had been working with Bolt for a long time sent 600 workers to the site, and the work was still unfinished from 1900 to 1904.

However, in January 1904, tragedy struck suddenly, and Bolt's wife died suddenly.

Heartbroken, Bolt calls the construction company and demands that all work on Heart-Shaped Island be stopped. The person who gave the gift is gone, and there is no point in making this gift again.

And in order to avoid seeing things and thinking about people, and only to increase sadness, Bolt never set foot on this island again after that.

As a result, the unfinished Bolt Castle was "unfinished".

Twelve years later, in 1916, Bolt also died in New York.

The castle left on the heart-shaped island was left unattended, barren and devastated by wind, rain, ice, snow and the destruction of some illegal landers. And this famine has been famine for 73 years.

It wasn't until 1977 that Usain Bolt's descendants sold Usain Bolt Castle to the U.S. government for one dollar, hoping that the Qiandao Lake Bridge Bureau would restore and complete the project and open it to the public, making it an important tourist attraction in the Qiandao Lake area.

To this end, the Qiandao Lake Bridge Bureau has invested tens of millions of dollars in the comprehensive restoration and renovation of Bolt Castle, so that this former millionaire's love gift to his wife can be perfectly presented to the world.

The renovation of the castle proceeded very slowly.

The Qiandao Lake Bridge Bureau may not be as wealthy as the hotel tycoon Usain Bolt of the day, so they have to open the castle for tours while continuing to renovate it, in order to use the money earned from tickets to maintain the castle's renovation expenses.

Therefore, the castle that Li Zehan and his party visited today is still an unfinished half-pulled project, and many places are still under piecemeal construction.

However, it also makes it more fun for visitors who have the opportunity to come back to the place where they visited, and to explore the changes that were made when they last arrived.

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