Louisbourg, Nova Scotia

E685641
coastal community community locality

Louisbourg, Nova Scotia is a coastal community on Cape Breton Island best known as the site of the historic Fortress of Louisbourg, a major 18th-century French colonial stronghold and national historic site.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Louisbourg 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal community ⓘ
community ⓘ
locality ⓘ
adjacentTo Louisbourg Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Siege of Louisbourg (1745) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Louisbourg (1758) NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalHeritage Acadian history ⓘ
French colonial history ⓘ
Maritime fishing culture ⓘ
foundedAs French fishing port ⓘ
governingBody Cape Breton Regional Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAttraction Louisbourg Lighthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louisbourg Lighthouse Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louisbourg Playhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louisbourg waterfront NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPort Louisbourg Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReconstructedSite Fortress of Louisbourg (partial reconstruction) NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada (Fortress of Louisbourg) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalLanguage French ⓘ
historicalRole site of major 18th-century French colonial stronghold ⓘ
knownFor Fortress of Louisbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
fishing heritage ⓘ
historic French colonial fortifications ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cape Breton Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cape Breton Regional Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
eastern coast of Cape Breton Island ⓘ
namedAfter Louis XIV of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Sydney, Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Cape Breton Regional Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
postalProvince NS NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
service industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
province Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Cape Breton NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone Atlantic Time Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismSeason summer ⓘ
touristInfrastructure visitor services for Fortress of Louisbourg ⓘ
transportation connected by road to Sydney, Nova Scotia ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louisburg → nearModernTown → Louisbourg, Nova Scotia ⓘ
Cape Breton Regional Municipality area → contains → Louisbourg, Nova Scotia ⓘ
subject surface form: Cape Breton Regional Municipality
this entity surface form: Louisbourg
Louis Du Pont Duchambon → placeOfActivity → Louisbourg, Nova Scotia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisbourg
Île Royale → hasMajorSettlement → Louisbourg, Nova Scotia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisbourg
Île Royale → capital → Louisbourg, Nova Scotia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louisbourg