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Yvon LeBlanc's Reconstruction Site

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Yvon LeBlanc: First Resident Architect, Fortress of Louisbourg, 1972-1983 
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 L'Histoire de l'architecture et de la reconstruction de Louisbourg, Par Yvon LeBlanc

  

The History of the Architecture and Reconstruction Of Louisbourg, By Yvon LeBlanc

THE ARCHITECTS OF LOUISOURG

  • 1714-1715: Jacques L'HERMITTE, engineer, first sketches.

  • 1716-1724: Jacques François de Verville, engineer-in-chief, plan of town and fortifications and start of construction.

  • 1724-1745: Etienne VERRIER, ingénieur en chef, main part of construction with modifications and additions.

  • 1751-58: Louis FRANQUET, elaborate proposals for improvements of which but a small part was in progress at the time of the 1758 siege. 

  • 1960-1972: Jacques DALIBARD, chief architect Parks Canada Tech. Services. 

    • Consultant: Robert CALVERT, architect, Toronto 

    • Consultant: Maurice BERRY, architecte en chef, Monuments Historiques, France (chapel)

  • 1972-1983: Yvon LEBLANC, resident architect (first approached at the beginning of the project in the search for an an architect experienced in French 18th architecture) 

    • Consultant (1972-1974): Jean-Claude Yarmola, architecte an-chef, Monuments Historiques, 

  • 1991-Present: Susann MYERS, resident architect, maintenance, repairs, design, etc. (a difficult role)

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