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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
143. Guillaume Cassaque - Veuve Cassaque
LOCATION:
fond de la baie
DATE OF CONCESSION:
1728, on verbal permission only
DATE OF OCCUPATION:
SIZE OF PROPERTY:
5,900 square toises
BORDERS OF PROPERTY:
north - road
south - harbour
east - La Grange
west - Lartigue
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP:
pre-1739 - Cassaque dead; property in
hands of widow.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:
1739 - graves,
vigneaux, chafaud, cabanes
OTHER INFORMATION:
1739 - Veuve Cassaque leased the property
to Detcheverry and Cassagnolle for 9 years
at 225 livres per year. This is likely
where Fizel was keeping his sheep at the
time of attempted theft in 1742. If so,
in addition to the sheep, there was a garden
at the back of the property.