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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

100. Louis La Croix - Thomas Paris

LOCATION: 

north shore

DATE OF CONCESSION: 

1717-18 - verbal permission only

SIZE OF PROPERTY: 

1717 - 55 toises x 40 toises

BORDERS OF PROPERTY: 

north northwest - road
west southwest - Detchevelard
east northeast - Milly
south southeast - harbour

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP: 

date unknown - 1734 survey indicates Paris family had been on the land since
1718 without a formal concession. A 1717 concession to La Croix gave him the land which somehow became at least part of Paris' property. Whether La Croix abandoned the land or sold it to Paris is not known. By 1741 Paris was dead and the
property in the hands of his heirs.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: 

1717 - part grave and part vigneaux; land suitable for drying the catch of 5 shallops.
1734 - same

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