Fortress of Louisbourg
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The Fortress of Louisbourg is a tourist attraction as a National Historic Site and the location of a one-quarter partial reconstruction of an 18th-century French fortress at Louisbourg on Cape Breton
Diorama of the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1758
Coloured engraving depicting the Siege of Louisbourg
The Louisbourg Cross, on permanent loan to the fortress since 1995
The Government of Canada rebuilt one-fifth of the town, and its fortifications; the multi-year work commenced in 1963.
Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
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The siege of Louisbourg was the 1745 capture of the French settlement of Louisbourg on present-day Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, by British North American forces during the War of the Austrian Succ
Fortress of Louisbourg
…the land-facing defences relatively weak. A third weakness was that it was a long way from France or Quebec, from which reinforcements might be sent. It was captured by British colonists in 1745, and was a major bargaining chip in the negotiations leading to the 1748 treaty ending the War of the Austrian Succession. It was returned to…
The Capture of Louisburg, 1745 by Peter Monamy
Provincial troops during the siege
The Capture of Louisburg, 28 June 1745