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  2. Fortress of Louisbourg - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Siege of Louisbourg (1758) - Wikipedia

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    The loss of Louisbourg deprived New France of naval protection, opening the Saint Lawrence to attack. Louisbourg was used in 1759 as the staging point for General Wolfe's famous siege of Quebec ending French rule in North America. Following the surrender of Quebec, British forces and engineers set about methodically destroying the fortress with ...

  4. Louisbourg - Wikipedia

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    Location of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. ... Climate data for Fortress of Louisbourg, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1972–present Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May

  5. List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Nova Scotia

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    LaHave, Nova Scotia: The site where Isaac de Razilly built a fort, a settlement and the capital of the colony of Acadia after the Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye returned the colony to France in 1632 Fortress of Louisbourg [34]

  6. List of historic places in Cape Breton Regional Municipality

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    Kennington Cove, Fortress Louisbourg Louisbourg NS 45°52′42″N 60°03′31″W  /  45.8783°N 60.0586°W  / 45.8783; -60.0586  ( Wolfe's Landing National Historic Site of

  7. Louisbourg Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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    Louisbourg Lighthouse is an active Canadian lighthouse in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. The current tower is the fourth in a series of lighthouses that have been built on the site, the earliest was the first lighthouse in Canada .

  8. Siege of Louisbourg (1745) - Wikipedia

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    Upon landing, the British forces immediately launched an attack on the North East Harbour (present-day Louisbourg, Nova Scotia). The act terrorized the French and they abandoned the Royal Battery with much of its armaments still operational. [19] The British immediately occupied the battery and began firing at the fortress.

  9. List of French forts in North America - Wikipedia

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    Fort de la Corne: 1753: Fort à la Corne Provincial Forest ... Louisbourg Nova Scotia: Fort Maurepas: 1733: Selkirk

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