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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

139. Martin LaBorde - Joannis Gelos

LOCATION: 

fond de la baie

DATE OF CONCESSION: 

no concession - on the land since the establishment of the colony.

DATE OF OCCUPATION:

SIZE OF PROPERTY: 

37 toises 3 pieds x 114 toises

BORDERS OF PROPERTY: 

north - road to Baleine
south - harbour
east - Dassance
west - Gelos

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP: 

date unknown - sometime before 1741 Gelos came into possession of this property.

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: 

Date unknown (probably around 1750). A plan of the fond de la baie area shows
some cabanes or magasins and a chafaud on the land.

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