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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
THE
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF 18TH CENTURY LOUISBOURG
Microfiche
Report Series 83, By Margaret
Fortier, 1983, Fortress of Louisbourg
Part Two - The Outports
Miré Region - Properties
18. Nicolas Dinan - Jean La Borde
LOCATION:
north side of Rivière de Miré
DATE OF CONCESSION:
unknown
DATE OF OCCUPATION:
SIZE OF PROPERTY:
45 arpents x 40
arpents
BORDERS OF PROPERTY:
north - land not conceded
south - river
east - land not conceded
west - Jean Milly de la Croix
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP:
date unknown - Dinan's claim to land
surrendered
1741 - concession given to La Borde
1750 - concession reconfirmed and expanded
eastward to meet property of Bourneuf
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: 1750s land divided into small farms and
leased by La Borde
OTHER INFORMATION:
1750s - La Borde leased parts of his property to:
1. Pierre Cousteau - small "desert", garden and
livestock
2. François Gouret - "desert" and clearing to
sow a "quart" of oats
3. François Chalot - "desert" and 3 arpents
clearing for sowing all kinds of grain
4. Jacques Guilant - "desert" and a clearing
large enough to sow a "barrique de bled"
5. 1752 - Jacques Chemin dit La Ramée rented
for 150 livres a year. Habitation already
in place, including animals. Agreement to
run from Oct. 1754 to Sept. 1755. Agreed
to clear an arpent of land a year at his
own expense.