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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
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Report Series 83, By Margaret
Fortier, 1983, Fortress of Louisbourg
Part One - Louisbourg - The Land and its Utilization, Louisbourg Properties
Properties - Louisbourg Environs
96. Joannis Toulon - Toulon Heirs - François Lessenne - Nicolas Gaudin
LOCATION:
north shore
DATE OF CONCESSION:
1718 - verbal permission only
SIZE OF PROPERTY:
15 toises along shore
BORDERS OF PROPERTY:
west northwest - road
west southwest - Gaudin
south southeast- harbour
east northeast - La Ramée
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP:
pre-1731- Toulon died; property in hands of
wife, Marie Bonneau, and children
1742 - sold to François Lessenne at auction
for 1,300 livres
1743 - sold to Nicolas Gaudin for 1,720 livres
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:
1731 - cabane, 13
vigneaux and a grave measuring 8
pieds x 15 pieds
1736 - unoccupied for several years; fallen into ruins
OTHER INFORMATION:
In 1731 Toulon's widow sought to rent the
habitation because her children were not
old enough to maintain it. By then she was
married to Martin Gibou dit La Motte. In
1736 it was rented to François Lucas for
100 livres a year on condition that he fix
up the property, repair the vigneaux and
build a cabane.