Louisbourg

British  

/ ˈluːɪsˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a fortress in Canada, in Nova Scotia on SE Cape Breton Island: founded in 1713 by the French and strongly fortified (1720–40); captured by the British (1758) and demolished; reconstructed as a historic site

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Example Sentences

Dr. Steven Eames of North Berwick, Maine, founder of the modern snowshoe men, said the group was founded in 1994 in preparation for the Grand Encampment at Fortress Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, in 1995, the 250th anniversary of the siege of the French fortress by British and Colonial troops.

From Washington Times

Allow a full day to tour the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, a fortified town the French built in the 1700s to protect present-day Cape Breton and Prince Edward islands, as well as to dry, salt and sell the tons of cod the French fleet was catching off the Grand Banks.

From Washington Post

Our drive on the Cabot Trail through Cape Breton Highlands National Park was awesome, as was our visit to the impressive Fortress of Louisbourg.

From Washington Post

But the film begins elsewhere, in a much older part of the country, Louisbourg, an early 18th-century French settlement in Nova Scotia, now largely a colourful holiday resort, which Margot is visiting to write material for a travel brochure.

From The Guardian

The other English gentlemen being withdrawn upon some occasion, I asked Mr Oswald, if he could not consent to leave out the limitation of three leagues from all their shores, and the fifteen from those of Louisbourg.

From Project Gutenberg