Fortress Louisbourg, Cape Breton
A visit to Fortress Louisboug takes you back in time to when the French controlled what was then Île Royale as a part of New France. Established in 1713 due to the cod fishing and adjacent deep water port it became a primary commercial port for the French. Here you get a taste of the French and Acadian influences across Cape Breton. The entire Historical Site is a reconstruction of about a quarter of the town. The story of the reconstruction is as interesting as the site itself. The French kept meticulous records. As this was one of the first planned French communities in North America, those records survive to this day. Every building in the site is constructed on it’s original foundation, according to the architectural plans, furnished and decorated according to inventories completed at that time. An official inventory of personal possessions was taken at the death of the owner, to ensure that all outstanding debts and taxes were paid. Reconstructionists used these plans