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		The fort was first built of a double row of oak timbers seven feet high and ten feet apart and bound together by two cross-pieces dovetailed at their ends to retain the timbers.
		Fort Sainte Frederic, says Peter Kalm,* " is built on a rock consisting of fl lime slates, and is nearly quadrangular, has high and thick walls, made of the same limestone, of which there is a quarry about half a mile from the fort.
		Fort Frontenac, was the key to the west, and feeder of the Ohio country.
	www.angelfire.com /il2/frenchwar/frenforts.html (1917 words)

	Fort BeausÃ©jour
		Fort Beauséjour, on the west bank of the Missaguash River near present-day Sackville, New Brunswick was built 1751-55 by the French as a counter to nearby British Fort Lawrence (near Amherst, NS).
		Fort Beauséjour was in poor condition in June 1755 when an attacking force of Massachusetts volunteers and British regulars laid siege.
		Some repairs were made to the fort at the beginning of the WAR OF 1812, and a military presence remained there until 1833.
	www.canadianencyclopedia.ca /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002925 (162 words)

	History of Nova Scotia; Acadia, Bk.1, 1755: The Taking of Beauséjour; Part 6; Ch. 2, Disputed Territory & Fort ...
		In the spring of 1751 orders came from Quebec to expand and improve Fort Beauséjour, and, to build another fort at the eastern end of the isthmus, at Baie Verte, about 15 to 20 miles away, it was to be the smaller of the two, Fort Gaspereau.
		Days and seasons past and the forts opposite one another on the Missaguash took on the look of permanent fixtures with the occupants of each not much bothered by the presence of the other across the muddy marsh stream as is the Missaguash.
		At Fort Edward, located at Piziquid (the Windsor of today) Captain Alexander Murray reports from that the local habitants had refused to bring in firewood and timber for fort repairs.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/NovaScotiaBk1/Part6/Ch02.htm (1876 words)

	April 23rd, 1941
		Perhaps no fort in Canada has been so aptly named – unintentionally of course – as Beausejour, which translated might mean "a nice place in which to stay." The name is not, however, derived from the nature of the scenery but from an early French settler in the district.
		The commander at Fort Lawrence was kept well informed of conditions at Beausejour by one Thomas Pichon, an official of the French fort, who was in the pay of the English.
		Fort Beausejour, once regarded as a "good place in which to stay" is now certainly an interesting place to visit, and each year receives many guests from both Canada and the United States.
	www.rootsweb.com /~canbrnep/apr231941.htm (733 words)

	New Brunswick Forts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This was a star-shaped fort that was captured by the British in 1755 and renamed Fort Cumberland.
		Fort St. Jean was built in 1700, followed by Fort Menagouche in 1749.
		The fort was later rebuilt with a one-story blockhouse in 1812.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/nb.html (734 words)

	Day 2: The Removal of the Acadians from Nova Scotia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Fort Gaspereau, on Green Bay, was next captured, after which the French abandoned their post on the St. John's River.
		One was from Fort Lawrence, located in Nova Scotia, on route 104 or the Trans Canada Highway, four kilometers west of the limit of the town of Amherst.
		The escape from fort Lawrence took place during the night between the 1st and 2nd of October, 1755, while that from Fort Beausejour took place during the night between the 26th and the 27th of February, 1756.
	www.mrchuckhall.com /Atlantic_Canada/2001/acadians.html (1806 words)

	Fort Beauséjour
		Construction began on Fort Beauséjour in 1751 as a French reaction to the English presence at Fort Lawrence across the Missiquash River.
		The British were particularly fearful of Acadian support for the French cause in the war and attempted to blunt that possibility by dispersing a portion of that population.
		moving into Ohio, and the surveyors used the fort as a base of operations. The fort was destroyed in a fire in 1790. Ironically, the fort did not deter illegal settlers from moving into the Seven Ranges, and after the fort was abandoned...
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1177.html (351 words)

	Homework Center - Forts
		This San Antonio, Texas fort began its existence as a church in 1744 and was converted to military use in 1801.
		History of the fort built in 1847 near the mouth of the St. Marys River to defend the port of Fernandina, Florida.
		Fort Spokane is located at the junction of the Spokane River with the Columbia River and established in 1880.
	www.mcallen.lib.tx.us /library/child/hmwk0008/forts.htm (1838 words)

	Acadian Genealogy Homepage; Siege of Fort Beausejour
		On the seaward slope of one ridge was the English bastion of Fort Lawrence.
		With the English largely in control of the Bay of Fundy, supplies for the fort were landed on the other side of the Isthmus, fifteen miles away, and stored at the village of Baie Verte, protected by Fort Gaspereau at the head of Baie Verte off Northumberland Strait.
		Fort Beauséjour was immediately renamed Fort Cumberland and manned by British troops, who continued to march to different parts of Beaubassin, burning villages and crops, and capturing settlers.
	www.acadian.org /fortbeau.html (3103 words)

	Acadian History: The Exile: Beausejour: Acadian Ancestral Home
		Constructed in 1751, Fort Beauséjour was built in response to the British having built Fort Lawrence across the Missiquash river, which divided British-held Nova Scotia from Acadia.
		The fort imprisoned Acadians who had at first escaped to the woods but was also used as a temporary prison for others who would be deported from the region.
		The English had kept him this winter at the fort as a man of reason who knew the country and might be useful to them.
	www.acadian-home.org /acadians-beausejour.html (1470 words)

	Heritage Week 2005 - New Brunswick
		The commemorative intent of Fort Beauséjour National Historic Site of Canada is to commemorate the role of the Fort in the struggle between France and Britain, and subsequently between Britain and the American colonies, for North America, 1751-1783.
		Fort Beauséjour was built by the French in 1751 to defend their interests in the region and to counterbalance the construction of the British Fort Lawrence built a year previously in the area.
		The fort was renamed Fort Cumberland after it was captured by the British in 1755.
	www.gnb.ca /0007/HW-SP/2005/beausejour-e.asp (332 words)

	A Condensed History of Acadia - Gregor's Gathering
		The men of the fort had either fled in the face of a larger military force or were away from the fort in the forests or fields.
		For the French forces at Fort Beauséjour, this influx of Acadian refugees from the English side of the river added to their defences as the Acadian men, now having to swear allegiance to France, were then formed into militias.
		Fort Beauséjour had shown them that these Acadians had not only become French subjects but that they had either participated willingly or were able to be easily forced or coerced into fighting against the English; even if they had little choice in the matter.
	www.gregor.ca /Acadia/acadia-main-printable.htm (4781 words)

	ATLANTIC CANADA DIARIES - 2001: Day 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Fort Lawrence, at the border of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, is being restored.
		Fort Lawrence plays an interesting part in the history of Nova Scotia.
		Hopes of maintaining the long-disputed border at the Missiguash and saving that part of Acadia for France were dashed when in 1755 Fort Beauséjour was captured.
	www.mrchuckhall.com /Atlantic_Canada/2001/day_2.asp (585 words)

	The Fort at No.4 – Living History Museum
		Fort Dummer, the first permanent European settlement in Vermont, is built on the west bank of the Connecticut River, just south of present-day Brattleboro, Vermont.
		The French conquer a British fort and construct Fort Duquesne at the headwaters of the Ohio River.
		The French surrender Fort Beausejour in Nova Scotia.
	www.fortat4.com /timeline.php (2614 words)

	Acadians Beauséjour:23 Families:Acadian History
		At length a scrutiny was ordered, and they could produce only 1,200 Acadians on parade; when the commanding officer demanding of their angents an account of the 400 which were wanting, the reply was "they died last night".
		It is very possible that some of these families that had been imprisoned at Fort Beauséjour and their families left for France.
		In 1763, Michel was a prisoner at Fort Beauséjour; in 1764, he was at Windsor (once Pisiguit), and in 1767 he was at Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.
	www.acadian-home.org /acadian-families-23.html (1929 words)

	Historical Attractons - Tantramar Tourism Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Constructed by the French military in 1751, Fort Beauséjour was designed to defend the territory west of the Missaguash River (now the province of New Brunswick) during the French and Indian War.
		Constructed by the French military in 1751 Fort Gaspareaux was intended to protect the nearby village of Baie Verte and to act as a provisioning base for Fort Beauséjour on the Bay of Fundy.
		Gaspareaux Heritage Trail connects Fort Gaspareaux with the Monro Heritage Centre in the village of Port Elgin.
	www.tantramartourism.com /historic_attractions.html (760 words)

	THE ESCAPE OF THE ACADIANS FROM FORT BEAUSEJOUR AT THE TIME OF THE EXPULSION (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It was planned by one of the ancestors of many of today's Acadians of Yarmouth County, namely, by Pierre II Surette, born in Port Royal on December 9, 1709, the son of Pierre I and Jeanne Pellerin.
		In 1755, he was living in Beausejour, located on the border between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, when the Acadians of that region were summoned to appear at Fort Beausejour on August 11 of that year.
		It was from this fort that they escaped during the night of February 26, 1756, under the guidance of Pierre.
	www.museeacadien.ca.cob-web.org:8888 /english/archives/articles/72.htm (1033 words)

	Fort Lawrence Monument
		By 1754 Fort Beauséjour was a much more substantial structure than the nearby Fort Lawrence.
		Fort Beauséjour had five metre high earthwork and bastions at the angles of its pentagonal shape, four inside casements, a powder magazine, barracks, officers quarters, and could house 800 men.
		It became the English garrison and Fort Lawrence was abandoned.
	www.multiculturaltrails.ca /level_3/number164.html (235 words)

	Fort Beausejour
		1,727 KB Fort Beausejour - Hiromi, Maiko, Sayaka, Yumiko
		1,597 KB Fort Beausejour - Kazuki, Maiko, Yumiko, Sayaka, Shoko
		1,178 KB Fort Beausejour - Ryosuke hanging on for dear life
	www.mta.ca /massie/photos/06s_beausejour/index.html (50 words)

	NPS Historical Handbook: Fort Necessity
		Governor Dinwiddie, attributing the defeat at Fort Necessity to lack of knowledge of French and Indian reinforcements at Fort Duquesne and to the indifference of certain colonies, particularly New York, in supporting the expedition against Fort Duquesne, now began preparation for a new campaign.
		A log fort and a storage magazine, capable of holding provisions for 1,200 to 1,400 men over a 6-month period, were built.
		The failure of support in his expedition against Fort Duquesne and the lack of Colonial cooperation reflected in the Albany Congress of 1754 led him to believe that only with aid from England could a Colonial force successfully deal with the French.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/19/hh19c.htm (431 words)

	Acadian-Cajun articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Fort Lawrence - A pasture near the provincial border here looks like any other farmer's field, but a recently discovered aerial photo has local groups urging the federal government to preserve the site.
		The hand-coloured, infrared military photo taken in 1958 shows the foundations of 40 buildings that once were Beaubassin, an Acadian village the French destroyed 250 years ago during the opening salvos of a war that ultimately saw Britain wrest control of North America from France.
		The Acadian village was caught in the middle of the dispute because Beaubassin was on the British side of the border.
	www.acadian-cajun.com /acartic26.htm (578 words)

	Fort Beauséjour
		, a French military fort built in 1751 on the neck of the Acadian peninsula, on the north bank of the Missaguash river.
		It was captured by the British under Monckton in 1755, and the name was changed to Fort Cumberland, since the fort is situated at the head of Cumberland bay.
		See J. Webster, The forts of Chignecto (Shediac, N.B., 1930).
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/FortBeausejour.htm (95 words)

	Fort Beauséjour, NB. Pictures of Moncton, New Brunswick; Photo Gallery of your Communities: Moncton, Riverview, ...
		Located on the shores of the Bay of Fundy, near Nova Scotia border, the Fort was built at a highly strategic location.
		Constucted in 1751, Fort Beauséjour was built in response to the British having built Fort Lawrence across the Missiquash river, which divided British-held Nova Scotia from Acadia.
		The Fort was captured in 1755 by British and American troops under General Monckton and was renamed Fort Cumberland.
	www.moncton.net /e/gallery.aspx?id=19 (307 words)

	Fort Beauséjour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The star-shaped Fort Beauséjour National Historic Site was built by the French in 1751 and was captured by English troops in 1755.
		The battle proved to be a portentous conquest in the Seven Years War that saw the fall of Quebec and the end of French colonial hopes.
		The defeat of Fort Beauséjour also led to the tragic expulsion of the Acadians in 1755.
	www.hiemoncton.com /viewevent.php?id=183 (93 words)

	NPS Historical Handbook: Fort Necessity
		Thus, as the crisis for the French at Fort Duquesne approached, the garrison consisted of hardly more than 1,000 Frenchmen and Indians, the latter including small parties from many tribes of the Ohio and Great Lakes country, and the Shawnee, a strong nation, which had now turned against the English.
		The pressure brought by the British against Fort Beausejour in Nova Scotia, Fort St. Frederic at Crown Point, and at Forts Niagara and Frontenac forced the new Governor General, the Marquis de Vaudreil, who arrived in Quebec on June 26, to divide his forces for the defense of these points.
		On July 8, the French at Fort Duquesne were thrown into great confusion by reports from scouts that Braddock's army was just beyond the Monongahela.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/19/hh19c2.htm (323 words)

	USMHWeb24
		The fort was equiped with ten four pounders in addition to a number of swivel guns.
		But when they arrived at Braddock's camp at Fort Cumberland along with their families, he ordered the wives and children to leave the camp.
		I ƒtood on the fort wall until I beheld them begin to burn one of theƒe men; they had him tied to a ƒtake, and kept touching him with fire brands, and red hot irons, and he ƒcreaming in the moƒt doleful manner; the Indians in the meantime yelling like infernal ƒpirits.
	www.motherbedford.com /USMHWeb24.htm (3239 words)

	Fort Gaspareaux
		construction of Fort Beausejour and Fort Gaspareaux in 1751 by the
		Nearby Fort Gaspereau is immediately abandoned by its French garrison.
		territory. Lawrence was to establish himself in a newly built fort, Fort Lawrence.
	ns1763.ca /sunco/fortgaspareaux.html (1076 words)

	Part I Who Would Have Thought?
		On January 8, 1755 in the cold, wet winter of Ireland, troops of two British Regiments of Foot, the 44th commanded by Sir Peter Halkett and the 48th commanded by Col. Thomas Dunbar, began the process of embarking on troop ships at Cove near Cork, Ireland.
		When news reached England in August, 1754, about a small colonial force under a young Virginia Colonel that was defeated at Fort Necessity and forced by French arms from the Ohio country, the leaders in London decided it was time to take action.
		July 3, 1754 Col. George Washington is forced to surrender Fort Necessity to the French and evacuate the Ohio country.
	www.fortedwards.org /braddock/article/b-part1.htm (1232 words)

	Battle of Fort Beauséjour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Fort Beauséjour marked the opening of a British-American offensive in North America in the Seven Years' War.
		From June 3 to the French capitulation of June 16, 1755, a powerful British army under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Monckton staged out of nearby Fort Lawrence and besieged the garrison of Fort Beauséjour in the goal of opening the Isthmus of Chignecto to British control.
		However, the campaign of 1755 was not strategically decisive and did little to threaten New France's territorial integrity, with Edward Braddock's simultaneous thrust into the Ohio Valley ending in disaster at the Battle of the Monongahela.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Beaus%C3%A9jour (309 words)

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