Louisburg

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Louisburg refers to the 18th-century French fortress and settlement at Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Canada, which was the site of major sieges during the Anglo-French conflicts in North America.

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instanceOf French colonial settlement
historic fortified town
military fortress
attackedIn Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
builtBy French colonial authorities
builtInPeriod early 18th century
capturedBy British Army
Royal Navy
surface form: British Royal Navy

New England colonial militias
surface form: New England colonial forces
capturedFrom France
conflict King George's War
Seven Years' War
War of the Austrian Succession
constructionStart 1719
controlledBy France
Great Britain
countryDuringConstruction Kingdom of France
demolishedBy British authorities
demolitionPeriod 1760s
economicActivity cod fishery
transatlantic trade
firstCaptureYear 1745
fortificationsType bastioned stone fortress
garrisonedBy French regular troops
colonial militia
hasRole commercial port
military stronghold
naval base
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada
languageDuringFrenchPeriod French
locatedIn Canada
Cape Breton Island
Nova Scotia
locatedNear entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence
locatedOn Atlantic coast of North America
managedBy Parks Canada
namedAfter Louis XIV of France
nearModernTown Louisbourg, Nova Scotia
partOf New France
presentDaySite Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site
recapturedBy France
recaptureYear 1748
reconstructedPortion partial reconstruction of 18th-century town and fortress
religionDuringFrenchPeriod Roman Catholicism
secondCaptureYear 1758
strategicImportance key to French fisheries on the Grand Banks
protected access to the St. Lawrence River

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Royal Scots battleHonours Louisburg