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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
98. Pierre Roux - François Lessenne
LOCATION:
north shore
DATE OF CONCESSION:
1725
SIZE OF PROPERTY:
25 toises along shore
BORDERS OF PROPERTY:
northeast - Joannis Detchevellard
southwest - Herpin Minerol
southeast - harbour
northwest - land not conceded
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP:
1729 - sold to
François Lessenne for
1000 livres
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:
1729 - 2 cabanes, garden enclosed in
piquets, 11
vigneaux and a small grave
OTHER INFORMATION:
1752
- Lessenne rented a north shore fishing
establishment to Guillaume Lecraig for
one year at 1800 livres. It is not
clear whether the habitation referred
to was this one or the one which bordered
to the nortwest, or a combination of
the two. The rented property contained
a grave, vigneaux, chauffauds., a cabane
and a magasin.