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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

 

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Figures re Reconstruction,

September 9, 1988

Areas (in square Meters & Acres @ 4047 S.M./A)

%

122850 (30 acres), including Fortifications & Ditch, of 444100 (110 acres) Overall including Rochefort Point and Dauphin Faubourg

.28

65275 (16 acres), within Walls, of 246410 (60 acres), including Bastions

.26

41430 (10 acres), Actual Town, of 229070 (56 acres), not including Bastions

.18

Fortifications

Perimeter: 1.17 kilometersof 2.72 kilometers (along mail wall)
or .725 miles of 1.7 miles

.43

Bastions 2 of 7 (including Pièce de la Grave Battery)

.285

Gates 2 of 4

.50

Town

Blocks: 5 (EQ.) of 28 (EQ.) [7 (EQ.) of 38 (EQ.)?]

.18

Buildings +/- 50 of +/- 180

.28

(average .29)

Streets and Places 6 of 17

(average .30)

(+/- average .33)

Comparison: Perimeter Walls

Montreal:       +/-    3.2 kilometers
Quebec:          +/-    2.0 kilometers
Louisbourg:   +/-   2.5 kilometers

Source: Yvon LeBlanc

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