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• Here is the entry page to our in-depth research site. Our site places a significant emphasis on the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada. Please note, this is not the official web site of the Fortress of Louisbourg.

• Here is Louisbourg's archaeology web site. 

• Here, on this web site, you will find what goes on behind the scenes of special events at the Fortress of Louisbourg.

• Between 1727 and 1758 the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal sent its Sisters to Louisbourg as teachers. Their success in instructing girls, while overcoming many challenges and hardships, gained them the respect and admiration of citizens and administrators of the 18^th-century town.

• The goal of this site is to make available to the public the unpublished papers of Atlantic Workshop Conferences; to advertise upcoming calls for papers at Cape Breton University; and to provide a link to the Cape Breton University Press Inc. web site (Published works of the Cape Breton University Press).

• The historical Louisbourg souvenirs collection web site consists of salt and pepper shakers, sugar dishes, creamers, straight razors, pipes, pennants, and the like.

• Here you will find select high resolution images organized by topic.

• On August 11 to August 13, 2006, we held an invitation-only encampment of military and civilian French, British or Native re-enactors. This was an unique opportunity to camp inside an 18^th -century town and fortress. 

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• For three magical days in July 1999, thousands of people travelled through time at the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site. Over 1,500 living history enthusiasts from across North America staged the pageant of a lifetime in Encampment '99, marking the 250^th anniversary of France's re-occupation of Louisbourg in the summer of 1749.

• The Louisbourg archaeological collection contains a total of 69,000 fragments of Jingdezhen porcelain from China. Nearly 300 years after the first Chinese porcelain reached the shores of Cape Breton, a Parks Canada archaeologist from the Fortress of Louisbourg traveled to the City of Jingdezhen and commissioned the renowned ceramic artist Li Jian Sheng to have his potters construct pieces in the traditional way.

• In the Louisbourg collection that numbers 750,000 pages of manuscript material, there are literally thousands of key research documents. Here on this site is a listing of some of the most important of them. 

• The Fortress of Louisbourg's digital collection web site includes several sections, each containing its own branch of material and information: Library, curatorial, archaeological, photo archives, and reconstruction.

• The goal of this site is to make available to the public the digitized representation of some of the important document resources of the Fortress of Louisbourg.

• Here are the gardens of Louisbourg as they appeared throughout the months of 2001.

• Here you will find links to many of Cape Breton's not-for-profit Historical Societies either maintained under the banner of the Louisbourg Institute (the Jost House and its emphasis on Samuel Sparrow in particular)  or under those of others. Here too you will find a link to Cape Breton's independent, non-profit community site for museums, heritage societies and museum aficionados.

• Start your investigation of our web site here.

• It was claimed by the English who attacked the Island Battery in 1745 that the French regarded it as the palladium of Louisbourg. No doubt what was meant, in naval speak, was that it was regarded as the defensive bulwark of its inner harbour. Twice attacked, twice silenced, loved or hated, it represented in a startling microcosm all that Louisbourg itself as a military might was and was not. Here too loomed the battle between what was built and what was proposed. What was built was battered twice and finally knocked down beyond any use. What was proposed would have met the same fate - argumentatively just as quickly - though at a far greater financial cost.

http://fortress.cbu.ca/justice/

• How the justice system functioned at the Fortress of Louisbourg.

http://fortress.cbu.ca/behind/LArtisans/

• Here, on this web site, you will find what goes on in the artisan shop at the Fortress of Louisbourg. 

http://fortress.cbu.ca/LCFMarine/  

• Here, on this web site, you will find all about the "compagnies de la marine" who manned the military garrison at the Fortress of Louisbourg.

http://fortress.cbu.ca/LFood/  

• Here, on this web site, you will find what goes on with respect to food and cooking at the Fortress of Louisbourg. 

http://fortress.cbu.ca/LGardens/  

• Here, on this web site, you will find what goes on in the gardens of the Fortress of Louisbourg.

http://fortress.cbu.ca/Louisbourginstitute/  

• Established in February 1995 with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Fortress of Louisbourg and Cape Breton University, the Louisbourg Institute facilitates collaboration between both institutions on mutually beneficial projects that use the strengths and resources of both organizations.

http://fortress.cbu.ca/LouisbourgLighthouseSociety/  

• Ships sailing into Louisbourg harbour are greeted by the beam of Canada's oldest light station. Opposite the lighthouse in the southwest arm of the harbour is the august and imposing Fortress of Louisbourg, with its cannons pointed across the harbour.

• Over the course of its long history there have been a number of monuments erected at historic Louisbourg. The partial reconstruction of the 18^th-century fortified town, beginning in the 1960s, is the most spectacular monument to a period in history, but there were other commemorations, which can still be seen during a visit to the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site.

• This is a gateway research site dedicated to properties and associated features.

The Louisbourg Militia is a group of historical re-enactors representing 1745.

• Here, in particular, you will find information related to the Louisbourg Transatlantic radio station. But here too you should look for stories of and links to Marconi's other stations on Cape Breton Island and elsewhere.
 

A gateway dedicated to research reports and databases:
 

• Databases will direct you to ALL databases
• Html will direct you to ALL htm/html text reports
• Word-processing will direct you to ALL word-processing reports (non-html) 
• Images will direct you to SPECIFIC images
• Finding Aid to All Research Finding Aids will direct you to ALL research finding aids / inventories and selection lists

• Here, on this web site, you will find a discussion of the Mi'kmaw Trail (Ukumuljin El-kini'skwit Kloqoej) at the Fortress of Louisbourg.

http://fortress.cbu.ca/ParksProject/  

• Here you will find the Hear Ye! Hear Ye! newsletter and related staff matters for the National Historic Sites on Cape Breton Island.

http://fortress.cbu.ca/partners/  

• Here, on this web site, you will find links to descriptive pages of our friends and partners interested in supporting the mandate of the Fortress of Louisbourg and of the Louisbourg Institute. These supporters include Lew Parker, several Louisbourg birding enthusiasts, and others found on external links.

• Find here reports (some in French, mostly in English) in html text formats as follows:
  • The published reports of the Fortress of Louisbourg, of the Louisbourg Heritage Society, of the Louisbourg Institute, and of others in the public domain
  • The unpublished reports of the Fortress of Louisbourg in the areas of general/miscellaneous discussion, property interpretation, and reconstruction
  • The unpublished reports of other contributors in the public domain
  • The specialized unpublished reports as a web produced for the Fortress of Louisbourg and available only on our web site
  • Reports useful for school projects
  • A research tools section
  • A bibliography section
  • Our Cape Breton Roots genealogy link to resources
  • Our Cape Breton Roots genealogy discussion forum 

• The landscape record for Block Two, Lots F/G/H is quite extensive, and this memorandum in no way attempts to discuss all of its facets, or reproduce the existing evidence required for its reconstruction. Generally, it restricts its examination to selected geographical matters which help shed light on some unresolved issues. 

• This web site is a holding place for a St. Peters Canal Management plan when it is completed.

• Stella Maris and St. Richard’s cemeteries lie within the boundaries of the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada.

• Tall ships have visited Louisbourg since the 18^th century until the present.

• This page contains descriptions and links to:
  • Technical ("nuts and bolts") and philosophical ("issues") documents
  • Research tools which are useful to an understanding of 18^th-century construction techniques, of their replication, and of the merits and drawbacks of reconstructed places. 
  • Technical and philosophical reports 
  • Research tools such as Louisbourg databases

• This web site will direct you to where we thank all those who had helped us to develop our first web site in 1995.

• This web site discusses the following Louisbourg dates: 1680 1730 1780 1830 1880 1930 1980 2030.

• This web holds contributions by the Louisbourg Institute and by Yvon LeBlanc.

• This web holds the architecture and reconstruction contributions produced by Yvon LeBlanc.