Over the course of its long history there have been a number of monuments erected at historic Louisbourg in Nova Scotia, Canada. The partial reconstruction of the 18^th-century fortified town, beginning in the 1960s, is the most spectacular monument to a period in history, but there were other commemorations, which can still be seen during a visit to the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic site. 
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1946 Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame Monument

In the ruins of Louisbourg there is a monument, erected in 1946, to the memory of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame who taught in Louisbourg.

Immediately behind the monument are the stabilized ruins representing the convent
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• The Convent Of The Sisters Of The Congregation Of Notre-Dame Block Twenty, Lot E Louisbourg 1713 - 1768

In 1895 members of the General Society of Colonial Wars visited Louisbourg and the unveiled a red granite column at the fortress site.

The Society of Colonial Wars was organized in New York in 1892. Soon there were chapters in other states. The purpose of the Society was to commemorate events from the pre-revolutionary period of the United States. 
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The 1995 General Society of Colonial Wars New Stone

In 1995 during the July Grand Encampment which commemorated the1720 official founding of Louisbourg and the 1745 siege of Louisbourg, the General Society of Colonial Wars returned to Louisbourg and dedicated a new stone at the foot of the one they had erected in 1895. 

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"Triple unveiling ceremonies were held on August 10, 1939, at the old Cemeteries at Rochefort Point, the unveiling of "The Memorial Cross." "The Newton Replica" and "The Brothers’ Memorial Monument." All three monuments were subscribed to and placed by friends of the dead on Rochefort Point. The celebration took place in the afternoon. Though the weather was not ideal for such an outing the assembly was large. Over three hundred signed the Museum and Hospital registers, and as many more did not sign on account of the delay and weather. . . The clergy throughout the southern section of Cape Breton were well represented; also Sisters of Notre-Dame Order . . . Automobiles from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and California, as well as many from Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec, were seen in the parking lot.

The unveiling celebrations began at three o’clock in the afternoon His Worship, Mayor Huntington, performed the duties of chairman with his usual ability. . ." [Almon, Albert, Rochefort Point: A Silent City in Louisbourg, Glace Bay, Cape Breton, 1940, pp. 15 - 17

"The Newton Replica"