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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IVL_fortress-of-louisbourg_Louisbourg-Nova-Scotia.html
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In 1713, France decided to found Louisbourg to defend her colonial and maritime interests in North America. As capital of the colony of Isle Royale and guardian the Gulf of Saint. Lawrence, it became the most important French fishing …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IO5_lighthouse-point_Louisbourg-Nova-Scotia.html
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During the 1745 and 1758 sieges the attackers built artillery batteries on Lighthouse Point to silence the Island Battery. This would have allowed warships to enter the harbour for a combined land and sea assault on the town. The besieg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IMB_louisbourg-harbour_Louisbourg-Nova-Scotia.html
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Louisbourg's destiny has been largely shaped by its harbour. Well-protected, relatively deep and close to the fishing banks, it was the harbour that attracted the French to settle here in the 1700s. In the 19th century ice-free Louisbo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IL8_first-lighthouse_Louisbourg-Nova-Scotia.html
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Here are the ruins of Louisbourg's first light, the earliest to be erected in Canada and the second in North America. Lit in 1734, it was badly damaged in a fire two years later, then quickly repaired. The replacement lantern was desig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKY_french-naval-guns_Louisbourg-Nova-Scotia.html
French Naval Guns raised
by the Dominion Coal Company in 1895
from the bottom of Louisburg Harbour
and mounted at the Louisburg Railroad Station
presented to the Fortress of Louisburg
National Historic Site
by the
Dominion Steel and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKU_french-garrison-at-louisbourg_Louisbourg-Nova-Scotia.html
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This tablet commemorated the valour and endurance displayed against overwhelming odds, by the French forces, who, in 1745 and again in 1758, garrisoned the defensive batteries on the Island opposite the entrance to the harbour of Louis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKT_first-lighthouse-tower_Louisbourg-Nova-Scotia.html
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On this site was erected by France, in 1731, the first Lighthouse Tower, constructed of fireproof materials, in North America.
Near here the British erected batteries to silence the defensive works erected by France. In 1745, these b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKS_19th-century-lighthouse_Louisbourg-Nova-Scotia.html
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During the first half of the 19th century maritime officials took steps to reduce the many navigational risks and shipwrecks along the eastern seaboard of Canada. One of the new lighthouses put up was at Louisbourg, in 1842. It was a t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKI_sydney-and-louisbourg-railway-museum_Louisbourg-Nova-Scotia.html
Cape Breton's mining industry dictated the need of an outlet in Louisbourg to link the various railways around Sydney with Louisbourg's ice-free harbour, allowing for year-round shipping of coal. The first attempt in 1873 was a narrow, poorly func…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IK5_kennelly-point_Louisbourg-Nova-Scotia.html
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This point of land is named after Capt. D.J. Kennelly (ca. 1831-1907), who had a house near here during the late 19th century. An Irish-born industrialist who came to Cape Breton during the 1870s, Kennelly was captivated by Louisbourg a…