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LOUISBOURG'S Domestic and Military
                                          Properties and Associated Features

     Bellin's illusrtration of Louisbourg (1760)Bellin's illusrtration of Louisbourg (1760)

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NON-BLOCKS
(1713-1758)

KING'S BASTION

Reconstructed King's Bastion and its barracks at Louisbourg © Parks Canada / Parcs Canada


DAUPHIN DEMI-BASTION

Cannons overlooking the harbour of the partially (1/5th) reconstructed town of Louisbourg © Parks Canada / Parcs Canada


QUEEN'S BASTION


PRINCESS DEMI-BASTION


QUAY WALL


CURTAIN WALLS


ROYAL BATTERY


ISLAND BATTERY

Island Battery according to Yvon LeBlanc, Louisbourg's first resident architect © Yvon LeBlanc


LIGHTHOUSE

1758 view of the first of three Louisbourg Lighthouses


LOUISBOURG STREETS

 

 

 

 

 

BLOCKS
(1713-1758)

*1734 Block Designations*
[Extract from France, Archives Nationales,
Dépôt des Colonis, IV-183]

ONE


TWO


THREE


FOUR

THIRTEEN

SIXTEEN


SEVENTEEN


EIGHTEEN


TWENTY


TWENTY-ONE EAST


TWENTY-TWO


ISLE DU QUAY


DAUPHIN FAUXBOURG


NORTH SHORE

 

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OUTPORTS
(1713-1758)


THE TOWN
(1713-1930)


DATABASES
(1713-1930)


PROPERTY DOCUMENTS
(1713-1930)

  • FUTURE


ARCHAEOLOGY

Underwater archaeology in Louisbourg's harbour © Parks Canada / Parcs Canada

 


SELECT IMAGES

HISTORY

Birdseye conceptual view of Block Two according to Yvon LeBlanc © Yvon LeBlanc

Block Two according to the historical illustrator, Lew Parker © Lewis Parker


RECONSTRUCTION
 
Reconstructed 18th-century garden at Louisbourg   Conceptional view of a Block Two "colombier" [pigeon house] later reconstructed © Parks Canada / Parcs Canada


RUINS

Ruins of the original 18th-century Louisbourg lighthouse

 

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