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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
BLOCK 2, LOT G,
PROPERTY OF THE COMMISSAIRE
BY
BRENDA DUNN
1969
(Fortress of Louisbourg
Report H D 14 R)
FORWARD
This report on the property of the Commissaire Ordonnateur was begun in the late
winter of 1968, was discontinued during the fall and winter of 1968-69, and subsequently
recommenced in the mid-summer of 1969. The hiatus became necessary because of the priority
generated by the Block 2 report, required for the 1969 summer excavation of those
properties. The research on Block 2 also resulted in Mrs. Dunn and Mr. H.P. Thibault
producing the excellent bibliographical card index for the inhabitants of all of the
blocks to be reconstructed.
This report represents a detailed analysis of the considerable material relating to the
structures on the Ordonnateur's property. As such it will provide a sound historical input
into the design phases of the reconstructed building. In addition, the report readily
points to those areas in which further secondary research has to be carried out: a normal
consequence following the primary historical research phase of reconstruction. Finally,
the report correctsthe term used to designate the senior civil official in Louisbourg. The
importance of Louisbourg was not sufficient to warrant an Intendant; therefore, the Crown
appointment was at the level of Commissaire Ordonnateur. Francis Bigot, a
Commissaire
Ordonnateur at Louisbourg, received a higher appointment when he went to Québec as an
Intendant. It is hoped that the titles will hence forth be used with more accuracy,
The information presented in this report and others which have proceeded it, as well as
data from primary and secondary source research currently underway, will all be utilized
in the research programme on Domestic Architecture. The completion of the programme on
Domestic Architecture will result in a unique study that will be of considerable
importance in the field of historical reconstruction, as well as contributing a valuable
study to general historical research in Canada.
John R. Dunn
Senior Historian
Fortress of Louisbourg