| France sent a massive sixty-four-vessel armada to Louisbourg, only to have it disrupted en route by storms, calms, and disease. |
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| Louisbourg women usually contracted their first marriages at less than 20, a couple of years earlier than eighteenth-century Canadian women. |
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| You can visit historical landmarks such as Fort Louisbourg and Halifax Citadel. |
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| Largely neglected by their British governors, they traded surpluses of livestock, wheat, and flour with Louisbourg and Boston. |
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| In Louisbourg, a few people had flooding problems, but not at all on the scale of other areas. |
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| But New England had had a fright, and next year, a motley force of armed merchantmen and fishing vessels set out from Boston to capture Louisbourg. |
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| A big plus for the Louisbourg area has been our snow crab allocations. |
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| The French also built the Louisbourg Lighthouse in 1734, the first lighthouse in Canada and one of the first in North America. |
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| The coal was used for the British garrison at Annapolis Royal, and in construction of the Fortress of Louisbourg. |
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| In 1758, the British mounted an attack on New France by sea and took the French fort at Louisbourg. |
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| Louisbourg itself was one of the most important commercial and military centres in New France. |
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| The mines were in a neglected state, caused by careless operations dating back at least to the time of the final fall of Louisbourg. |
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| In the 1960s, the Fortress of Louisbourg was partially reconstructed by Parks Canada. |
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| Coupled with the Fortress of Louisbourg, it has driven the growth of the tourism industry on the island in recent decades. |
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| A British attempt to take Louisbourg in 1757 failed due to bad weather and poor planning. |
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| Despite their victory at Louisbourg, the British decided to wait for the spring before heading further up the St Lawrence. |
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| Following the failure of the British to take Louisbourg in 1757, a second attempt was planned in 1758 and command given to General Jeffrey Amherst. |
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