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	Louisbourg Playhouse
		The community of Louisbourg is located on the historic southeast coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
		Louisbourg is famous for its rich culture and heritage, dynamic festivals and events series and warm hospitable people.
		During the early 1960s, Louisbourg residents witnessed the reconstruction of the Fortress of Louisbourg.
	www.louisbourgplayhouse.com /louisbourg.html (248 words)

	Louisbourg
		Louisbourg, 18th-century fortified town, capital and major settlement of the French colony of Île Royale (Cape Breton I), 1713-58.
		Louisbourg was besieged in 1745 during the WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION by troops from New England supported by the Royal Navy, and in 1758 by the British army and navy.
		The fall of Louisbourg, with the capture of Québec in 1759 and Montréal in 1760, ended France's military and colonial power in N America, although SAINT-PIERRE AND MIQUELON, acquired by France in 1763 after the SEVEN YEARS' WAR, partly replaced Île Royale as a base for the fishing industry.
	www.canadianencyclopedia.ca /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004781 (570 words)

	LOUISBOURG HISTORY:Acadian Ancestral Home
		The expedition of 1745 against Louisbourg is of particular interest, not only on account of the brilliant achievement of the capture of one of the world's strongest fortresses by an ill-trained and ill-equipped Colonial army, but likewise because of the size and success of the Colonial naval contingent.
		The Humming Bird was commanded by Captain Honiwell, the Hannah and Mary by Capt. David Carmida, the schooner Fishhawk by Captain Newmarch, the schooner Sally by Capt. Joseph Smith and the schooner Seaflower by Captain Wadlin.
		Louisbourg capitulated on June 16, 1745, and the fleet of warships and transports sailed into the harbor on the 17th.
	www.acadian-home.org /LouisbourgVesselsNE.html (14445 words)

	Louisbourg, 1758
		Louisbourg cannot realistically be bypassed as even a small French squadron in Louisbourg Harbour could raid British shipping moving through Cabot Strait, making it most difficult for the British to maintain a secure supply line to forces in any siege of Quebec.
		However, the return of Louisbourg to France in 1748 led to the return of French settlers, and the doubling of the former garrison.
		Another valuable legacy of the 1757 defence of Louisbourg is a line of coastal field fortifications guarding against landings in the coves to the south-west of Louisbourg off Gabarus bay (field fortifications are in map zones 31-34).
	www.tech2u.com.au /~marcus/louisbourg (1271 words)

	RV Lifestyle - Feature: The Fortress of Louisbourg
		Louisbourg was founded in 1713 by the Sun King, Louis 14th.
		After more than a century of decline and decay, Louisbourg was at last officially remembered in 1895 when the Society of Colonial Wars (an American organization) erected a monument to the siege of 1745.
		An act was passed in the Nova Scotia Legislature in 1906 declaring Louisbourg to be a historic monument of the Dominion of Canada and a museum was opened in 1936.
	www.rvlifemag.com /file314/louisbourg.html (1502 words)

	Legion Magazine : Fortress Louisbourg
		Louisbourg, according to Eric Krause, historical records supervisor in 1993, is not the Jurassic Park of the reconstruction world.
		Architecture at Louisbourg was described by LeBlanc, in a backhanded compliment, as "without being of exceptional quality it did not lack originality nor a certain elegance." It was, and is, composed of brick and stone and slate and wood--houses mostly of wood and more important residences of stone.
		Louisbourg is the only major colonial town in North America not to have had a modern city built on top of its foundations.
	www.legionmagazine.com /features/celebratingcanada/04-01.asp (2149 words)

	Cape Breton Island: Louisbourg
		Louisbourg was important because of the fishery and as a hub for international trade between the France, the West Indies, Quebec, Acadia and New England.
		The Louisbourg lighthouse is located at the entrance of the harbour.
		Louisbourg Harbour is a protected area but you may visit with a guide.
	louisbourg.com /sights.html (518 words)

	Nova Scotia, Canada - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Louisbourg was the site of an important fortress in New France during the 18th century.
		Louisbourg's massive fortification, based on the geometric style of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, was intended to resist attack from the sea.
		Louisbourg, however, was vulnerable to attack from the rear.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /nova_scotia.htm (974 words)

	Louisbourg Investments Inc. - Investment Management Services
		Louisbourg Investments was co-founded in January 1991 by Assumption Life and Bolton Tremblay Inc., in order to provide investment and financial services to investors in the Atlantic region as well as to develop local expertise.
		Since that time, Louisbourg has built its business from its Moncton head office in New Brunswick to serve today over 160 accounts representing over $1.2 billion of assets.
		It is the objective of Louisbourg to grow each side of these businesses.
	www.montruscobolton.com /louisbourg_investments.htm (222 words)

	TransCanadaHighway.com Louisbourg Nova Scotia
		The French came to Louisbourg in 1713, after having ceded Acadia (now Nova Scotia) and Newfoundland to the British under the Treaty of Utrecht, which ended the War of the Spanish Succession.
		Louisbourg became a commercial hub, trading for manufactured goods and various materials imported from France, Quebec, the West Indies and New England.
		The lighthouse on the eastern side of the harbour is one of the oldest in North America, built 130-1733 by order of King Louis XV of France, but was damaged during the British siege of 1758.
	www.transcanadahighway.com /NovaScotia/Louisbourg.htm (376 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Yankee Gunners at Louisbourg
		To New Englanders, Louisbourg was a frowning menace, never to be forgotten, lying grim and ominous just over the horizon—symbol of the threat which, as New England folk saw it, was implicit in French power in the North Country.
		To them Louisbourg, sea link with France and gateway to Quebec, which must some day be taken in its turn, was a stronghold of “Popery, privateers, and pirates,” a menacing and insolent rival of New England commerce and fisheries.
		Louisbourg had two principal outworks—the seemingly impregnable Island Battery situated on an outcrop in the middle of the harbor entrance, and an ominous work known as the Grand Battery, across the harbor from the fortress itself.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1955/2/1955_2_50.shtml (3810 words)

	Fortress of Louisbourg, Photos Page 2
		Louisbourg does a superb job of making the most out of a very small army of paid and volunteer reinactors.
		A Louisbourg man (who had previously been a soldier at the gate) was led through the town and sentenced in front of an angry mod.
		The momument on the right was erected at the turn of the 20th century by a colonial preservation society from New England, a group that also installed monuments around this region in the USA.
	www.seacoastnh.com /dct/louisbourg2.html (859 words)

	Louisbourg, 1758
		But it was not nearly strong enough to attempt a sea-fight off Louisbourg, and three smaller fleets that were meant to join it were all smashed up off the coast of France by the British, who thus knew, before beginning the siege, that Louisbourg could hardly expect any help from outside.
		The fortress of Louisbourg was built beside a fine harbor with an entrance still further defended by a fortified island.
		Louisbourg harbor faces east, runs in westward nearly a mile, and is over two miles from north to south.
	www.canadiangenealogy.net /chronicles/louisbourg1758.htm (2705 words)

	Louisbourg
		The administrative center was called Louisbourg in honor of King Louis XIV and had the great advantage of being located on an ice-free harbor.
		Louisbourg was of particular concern to New England shipping and fishing interests, since it served as the base for French privateers.
		The fall of Louisbourg was a pivotal event in the war, giving the British control of the mouth of the St. Lawrence River and opening the door to the fateful Quebec campaign of the following year.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h556.html (768 words)

	Louisbourg, Canada. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		The result was a staggeringly ostentatious stronghold covering a hundred acres and encircled by ten-metre-high stone walls; it took so long to build and was so expensive that Louis XV said he was expecting its towers to rise over the Paris horizon.
		However, Louisbourg was wildly ill-conceived: the humid weather stopped the mortar from drying, the fort was overlooked by a score of hillocks, and developments in gunnery had already made high stone walls an ineffective means of defence.
		And so it proved: Louisbourg was only attacked twice, but it was captured on both occasions, the second time by the celebra-ted British commander, James Wolfe, on his way to Québec in 1758.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/canada/louisbourg (557 words)

	Louisbourg On Destination: Nova Scotia
		Louisbourg is located at 45°55'24"N, 59°57'51"W in the Metro Cape Breton region of the Cape Breton Island, Cape Breton county.
		The community of Louisbourg with a population of 1265 is located on the southeast coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
		Louisbourg, the Dunkirk of America, was the third busiest seaport on the continent during the 18th century.
	www.destination-ns.com /common/places.asp?placeID=360 (294 words)

	Fortress of Louisbourg besieged in weekend invasion
		Dozens of New Englanders invaded the Fortress of Louisbourg on the weekend in a re-enactment of a 18th-century invasion of the French stronghold on Cape Breton, N.S. Amid the pale blue uniforms of French forces, Don Douplis and his teenage son, Kyle, stood out.
		During the 18th century, Louisbourg was one of France's key North American holdings and among the busiest harbours on the continent.
		Louisbourg, which is operated by Parks Canada, is now the largest reconstructed 18th-century French fortified town in North America.
	www.cbc.ca /canada/nova-scotia/story/2006/08/14/louisbourg-encampment.html?ref=rss (1353 words)

	Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Park
		The Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Park is the crown jewel of the Canadian Park Service and the largest historical reconstruction in Canada.
		After three years under British governors, the Fortress of Louisbourg was returned to France by treaty in 1749 inspite of the protests of the American colonies.
		An alternate route is the scenic and coastal Marconi Trail, Route 255, from Glace Bay.
	www.louisbourg.ca /fort (859 words)

	Fortress of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia
		It was the largest military event ever mounted by New England at the time, and it was led by William Pepperell from right here in the NH and Maine Seacoast.
		Turns out locals from Louisbourg, angered that the fortress had hired workers from out of town, were blocking buses to the fortress.
		Louisbourg residents built much of the fortress between the 1960s and 80s as the coal mines in the area slowly closed.
	www.seacoastnh.com /dct/louisbourg.html (1029 words)

	Exhibitions/Warfare/The Siege of Louisbourg (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Louisbourg, on Île Royale (Cape Breton Island), a purportedly impregnable fortress, was designed to serve as a blockade at the entrance to Canada.
		In 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession, Louisbourg was placed under siege by troops from New England, backed by the English naval forces.
		The fortified town suffered heavy damage and was forced to surrender, but the French population remained in place.
	www.champlain2004.org /html/11/13_e.html (185 words)

	Louisbourg: Dream City of America: ABOUT
		The commercial port and fortress of Louisbourg was one of the great cities on North America's eastern seaboard.
		In "Louisbourg Heritage: From Ruins to Reconstruction," author Terry MacLean writes of visitors to Louisbourg generations before the fortress was reconstructed.
		One of the purposes of this website then, is to excite people about all the history and stories of Louisbourg and surrounding area, but to also request that visitors use common sense in their safety and caretaking the environment.
	home.golden.net /~tekapo/louisbourg/dream_city_about.html (664 words)

	Louisbourg
		"… The capture of Louisbourg was the first object essayed by Pitt, and he selected men for that enterprise that he knew would not repeat the tactics of Loudon and Holborne.
		The command of the land forces was given to General Jeffrey Amherst, a man of singular ability, bravery and discretion, whose fame has been somewhat eclipsed by that of the hero of Quebec, but whose services to his country cannot be too highly estimated.
		The fleet was under command of Admiral Boscawen, an officer of distinguished courage, and consisted of 23 ships-of-the-line and 18 frigates.
	www3.telus.net /charlotte_taylor/Folder1/Louisbourg.htm (924 words)

	Fortress of Louisbourg 2 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When Louisbourg had fallen to the armies of New England in 1745, she had been protected by a garrison of only 560 soldiers, three quarters of whom were marine troops.
		However, by the time the Fraser Highlanders arrived, Louisbourg's forces had risen to over 3,600 "professional" soldiers, battalions from four French army regiments.
		The Fortress' 100 cannons were tended by an elite group of artillery specialists who dressed in bright red uniforms.
	www.fraserofwesthill.com /louisbourg1.html (146 words)

	Parks Canada - Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
		A visit to the Fortress of Louisbourg — the largest reconstructed 18th-century French fortified town in North America — is a series of experiences that set a mood.
		Experience Louisbourg, a thriving seaport and capital of Ile Royale (Cape Breton Island).
		A visit to the Fortress of Louisbourg -the largest reconstructed 18th-century French fortified town in North America is a series of experiences that set a mood.
	www.pc.gc.ca /lhn-nhs/ns/louisbourg/index_e.asp (207 words)

	Halifax Nova Scotia Nearby Towns and Attractions: Louisbourg
		The French came to Louisbourg in 1713, after having ceded Acadia (now Nova Scotia) and Newfoundland to the British under the Treaty of Utrecht, which ended the War of the Spanish Succession.
		Louisbourg became a commercial hub, trading for manufactured goods and various materials imported from France, Quebec, the West Indies and New England.
		The lighthouse on the eastern side of the harbour is one of the oldest in North America, built 130-1733 by order of King Louis XV of France, but was damaged during the British siege of 1758.
	www.foundlocally.com /Halifax/Travel/Near-Louisbourg.htm (401 words)

	louisbourg
		By 1740 Louisbourg was a large thriving trading and fishing community which rivaled all ports in the North Atlantic.
		Some 46 days after the opening barrage Louisbourg, while still holding its wall and mote in tact, was running low in supplies and power.
		The Louisbourg complex covers several acres and good walking shoes are suggested, as well as allotting several hours for the visit.
	www.rvtravelog.com /canada.dir/louisbourg.dir/louisbourg1.htm (680 words)

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