Louisbourg

/ 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

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

The author is carried to Virginia—His distress—Surprise at seeing a picture and a watch—Is bought by Captain Pascal, and sets out for England—His terror during the voyage—Arrives in England—His wonder at a fall of snow—Is sent to Guernsey, and in some time goes on board a ship of war with his master—Some account of the expedition against Louisbourg under the command of Admiral Boscawen, in 1758.

From Slate

“Forced into the Louisbourg coal mines in Canada. They work and die under the ground. They never see the sun, and they’ll never taste your freeeeeedom.”

From Literature