Fortress of Louisbourg

• Main Author: Verville, Jean François du Vergery de
• Other Authors: Jean François du Verger de Verville (French architect, ca. 1680-1729)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1720
• Subjects: architecture; historical; military or war; France > Colonies > America; Restoration and conservation; Eighteenth century; French Colonial; Canada; Breton Island; Lawrence River; The Fortress
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/138062

Wooden guard tower within stockade; A national historic site and the location of a partial reconstruction of an 18th century French fortress at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, a reminder of imperial battles for what would become Canada. The original fortress, constructed mainly between 1720 and 1740, was o...