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
Expulsion of the Acadians
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The Expulsion of the Acadians was the forced removal of the French colonists of the North American region historically known as Acadia between 1755 and 1764 by Great Britain. It included the modern Ca
Fort Beauséjour
…Some Acadians reported that they had been coerced into assisting in the defense of Fort Beauséjour, and the British used this as a reason to begin the Expulsion of the Acadians. Acadian homes were burnt to prevent their return. As the British army had relocated to Fort Cumberland, they abandoned and burned Fort Lawrence in…
St. John River Campaign: A View of the Plundering and Burning of the City of Grimross (1758) Watercolor by Thomas Davies
British Army officer and Governor, Charles Lawrence
Deportation of the Acadians, Grand-Pré
Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot