Beaubassin
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Beaubassin was an important Acadian village and trading centre on the Isthmus of Chignecto in what is now Nova Scotia, Canada. The area was a significant place in the geopolitical struggle between the
Beaubassin/ Fort Beausejour Cathedral Bell
Fort Beauséjour
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Fort Beauséjour, renamed Fort Cumberland in 1755, is a large, five-bastioned fort on the Isthmus of Chignecto in eastern Canada, a neck of land connecting the present-day province of New Brunswick wit
Beaubassin
…along with 800 troops, to seize control of the Isthmus of Chignecto and construct a fort near the French post of Point Beauséjour, future site of Fort Beauséjour. As the British arrived, the French and their allies burned the town to prevent its use by the enemy. Forty-five buildings were burned. The Acadian…
Fort Beauséjour and Cathedral (c. 1755)
Fort Beauséeour in 1755 by Winckworth Tonge
Marker at the site of Beaubassin
Modern museum at the site of Fort Beausejour