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Researching the
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
Recherche sur la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg Lieu historique national du Canada
REPORT ON LOTS A AND B
OF BLOCK 3
BY
LINDA HOAD
JUNE, 1971
(Fortress of Louisbourg
Report H D 16)
INTRODUCTION
[PAGE II]
This report concerns only lots A and B of Block 3, that is the northeast portion of the
block. The area south of lots A and B was conceded to the Recollets for their convent and
garden, and the western end of the block was reserved for the parish church and a place
publique, sometimes referred to as the place de l'église.
Block 3 is bounded by the Quai, the Rue Royalle, the Rue St. Louis and the Rue de
1'étang. The Rue du Cloître runs east and west dividing lots A and B from the Recollet
concession. (see plans 1718-2, 1723-2, 1731-3, 1734-3). The first section of this report
deals with the early history of Block 3, before it was divided into lots. Lots A and B,
conceded in 1723 to Jean Lagrange and François Cressonet dit Beauséjour respectively,
are considered separately for the period 1723-1768 in parts two and three. The two lots
are then considered together for the post-occupation period. The research for this report
was greatly facilitated by the index system prepared for the town blocks by Henri-Paul
Thibault and Brenda Dunn. Only the references noted in this file were researched.