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Researching the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
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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

109. Pierre Le Large - Judith La Bretonnaire - Germain Maryol -
François Michel Le Breton - Joseph Felix Le Chesnay

LOCATION: 

north shore (see also 108)

DATE OF CONCESSION: 1717

SIZE OF PROPERTY: 

22 toises x 20 toises

BORDERS OF PROPERTY: 

northwest - road
southeast - harbour
northeast - Nicolas
southwest - Antoine


SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP: 

1721 - land acquired by La Bretonnaire

1735 - La Bretormaire was banished from Ile Royale for theft. Her property
was sold at auction to the profit of the king. All her land was purchased by Maryol

1740 - land sold to Michel Le Breton

1755 - Le Chesnay was granted land adjacent to the Royal Battery. He already
held land to the southwest. How this came about is not clear. Le Breton may have abandoned his claim on return of the French in 1749.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: 

1735 - house and enclosed garden; probably a stable

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