Louisbourg Fortress

I went to see the reconstructed Louisbourg Fortress and National Park originally built by the French in the mid 1700s to protect their settlement on eastern Cape Breton Island.  The fortress was seiged twice by the British and taken over after only 7 weeks each time.

Only part of one buildings remained when archeologists started digging in the 1960s.  It was such an intact site and external records were complete enough that they have been able to reconstruct much of the buildings and lifestyle of the times.

Louisbourg is a living museum of life in the fortress around 1755.  Park employees are in period costume and dialog with you accordingly.

A barracks building with vastly different condition for the
officer vs the enlisted men.

Cannons protecting the Governor's Residence
The Governor lived quite lavishly even in this harsh location.

Workshop and storage building

One of the street views

The harbour gate where all visitors
arriving by ship entered

Another street view

The history of this place is another story of the imperialistic French and English trying to gain control and domination over resources and people.  It is disturbing to me that motivations have not changed much in over 300 years.