Summer Learning Program students get a history lesson during visit to Fort William Historical Park

From visiting the farm animals to baking bread, some Thunder Bay public school students had a chance to get hands-on with history at Fort William Historical Park (FWHP).

About 120 students from the Summer Learning Program, run by Lakehead Public Schools, spent the day on self-guided tours of the parkon Wednesday.

"We have all of our primary and junior and intermediate camps coming to the fort for a self-guided tour," said Riley Fredrickson, Summer Learning Programco-ordinator. "It's the Great Rendezvous, so they have the opportunity to engage with their re-enactors, meet some of the animals and just explore the fort altogether."

"The classes get to explore the fort as they wish," she said. "They can really cater it to the students' interest. If the students are more interested in going to the farm and check out the animals, if they want to make some bread with the bakers, if they want to explore the armoury, check out the outdoors, whatever they want."

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Emma Decorte, 11, said she was enjoying her time at the fort, and was hoping to visit the fort's bakery.

"We've gone up the big looking tower, and we've seen the farm areas," she said. "I learned that, because they don't have any fridges, so they store their food underground."

"I think it's cool, because almost anyone who really wants to can come out here," Decorte said. "How they dress is pretty different than how we dress."

Ten-year-old Liam Baker said he's enjoying the Summer Learning Program, and that Wednesday's field trip wasn't the only one students had been on.

"We went to the splash pad last week," he said. "We've had ambulance and fire trucks come, that we got to explore."

Fredrickson said the program focuses on literacy and math to help develop a love of learning.

"It's all about making kids enjoy school, and making them feel safe at school," she said.