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As of April 2021, there were 91 National Historic Sites designated in Nova Scotia, 26 of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Numerous National Historic Events also occurred across Nova Scotia, and are identified at places associated with them, using the same style of federal plaque which ...
He represented Cape Breton County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1820 to 1830. His first name also appears as Lawrence and his surname as Cavanagh in some sources. He is the father of Laurence Kavanagh Jr. He was born on Cape Breton Island, probably at Louisbourg, the son of Laurence Kavanagh, an immigrant from Ireland, and
The Fortress of Louisbourg (French: Forteresse de 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 Island, Nova Scotia.
The Swiss regiment de Karrer in the Louisbourg Garrison was a considerably complicating element in the town of Louisbourg due to its different organization than the French companies (operating as a larger unit with three subaltern officers and nearly 150 men under the command of a captaine-lieutenant) and its special status (notably in the area of judicial autonomy).
On 6 April 1966, the Nova Scotia House of Assembly passed "An Act to Change the Name of the Town of Louisburg" which resulted in the town changing its official name to the original French spelling Louisbourg.
Fort Louis, Senegal, a major French trading post on the Senegal River in West Africa. Fort Louis de La Louisiane, the name of Mobile, Alabama before 1712. Fort Louisbourg, the historic site of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. Fort Louis (fortress), the Rhine fortress around which developed the commune of Fort-Louis, Bas-Rhin
Monument marking location of Laurence Kavanagh's home, St. Peter's, Nova Scotia After Louisbourg fell on 26 July 1758, French officer Boishébert withdrew, with the British in pursuit. Boishebert brought back a large number of Acadians from the region around Port Toulouse to the security of his post at Beaubears Island on the Miramichi River.
The chief engineer was John Henry Bastide who had been present at the first siege of Louisbourg in 1745 and was chief engineer at Fort St Philip, Minorca, in 1756 when the British had surrendered the fort and island to the French after a long siege. As they had in 1757, the French planned to defend Louisbourg by means of a large naval build-up.