Louisbourg

Today we visited Fort Louisbourg, a huge fort built by the French. It has the distinction of being captured by the British twice!

By 1740 the fort and the enclosed town were the largest European fortifications in North America. It was captured by the English in 1745 but handed back to the French in exchange for a big chunk of Belgium in 1748. But guess what, we captured it again in 1758 after which most of the town and fortifications were destroyed.

It has now been reconstructed as a “Living Museum” rather like Ironbridge or the Weald and Downland museums with actors (students in the holidays) playing the part of townsfolk or soldiers. It was an entertaining few hours but there was very little detail, they hardly mentioned the British victories, perhaps as most of the tourists seemed to be French Canadians. A few pictures below, swipe left to see them all.