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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
104. Jacques Ange Le
Normant De Mézy - Bernard Muiron - Antoine
Castaing - Jacques Prévost
LOCATION:
north shore
DATE OF CONCESSION:
1739, but occupied at least since 1732
SIZE OF PROPERTY:
220 toises facing road
BORDERS OF PROPERTY:
north - road
south - pond and stream
east - Petitpas
west - pond
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The pond and stream were considered part
of the concession
CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP:
date unknown - De
Mézy sold the land to
Bernard Muiron
date unknown - property acquired by Castaing
1752 - Castaing sold land to Prévost for
3500 livres
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:
1732 - menagerie on property
17[?] - house
1752 - number of buildings included in sale
This was not a fishing property. Land used for gardening, cutting hay and
raising animals.
OTHER INFORMATION:
1739 - A dispute between De
Mézy and Petitpas
over bounds of their respective
properties. Eventually settled to
their mutual satisfaction.