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
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
Battle of Fort Beauséjour
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The Battle of Fort Beauséjour was fought on the Isthmus of Chignecto and marked the end of Father Le Loutre's War and the opening of a British offensive in the Acadia/Nova Scotia theatre of the Seven
Portrait of Robert Monckton by Benjamin West
View of Fort Beauséjour showing the foundation of the Officers Quarters in the foreground, the modern (1930s) museum in the middle ground, and Cumberland Basin in the background. Monckton approached the fort from Aulac Ridge, which would be behind the observer.
Peregrine Lascelles, commander of 47th regiment