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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 One - Louisbourg - The Land and its Utilization, Louisbourg Properties
Properties - Louisbourg Environs
100. Louis La Croix - Thomas Paris
LOCATION:
north shore
DATE OF CONCESSION:
1717-18 - verbal permission only
SIZE OF PROPERTY:
1717 - 55 toises x 40
toises
BORDERS OF PROPERTY:
north northwest -
road
west southwest - Detchevelard
east northeast - Milly
south southeast - harbour
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP:
date unknown - 1734 survey indicates Paris
family had been on the land since
1718 without a formal concession.
A 1717 concession to La Croix gave
him the land which somehow became
at least part of Paris' property.
Whether La Croix abandoned the land
or sold it to Paris is not known.
By 1741 Paris was dead and the
property in the hands of his heirs.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:
1717 - part grave and part
vigneaux;
land suitable for drying the catch of 5 shallops.
1734 - same