Louisbourg
Britishnoun
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"My guess is that Maple proceeds hostile or friendly, regardless," said Roy, vice-president of Louisbourg Investments.
From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2011
Visit the historic fort at Louisbourg and take a boat tour of Bras d’Or Lake, the saltwater lake that almost bisects the island.
From New York Times • May 18, 2010
To this enterprising man, it is said, the idea of attacking Louisbourg with colonial forces was suggested by William Vaughan, a New Englander, interested in the fishing trade on the coast of Maine.
From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood
The disastrous battle of Fontenoy was not redeemed by the capture of Louisbourg, a gallant affair for which local volunteers and local enterprise, rather than the Government, deserve the credit.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose
Shirley then proposed to the assembly the quixotic scheme of capturing Louisbourg.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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