CH-0027 · RESEARCH DRAFT
First British capture of Louisbourg
British forces captured Louisbourg in 1745, an important turning point in the imperial contest for the Atlantic region.
Not publication-ready.
- Historical place
- Louisbourg, Cape Breton
- Present-day context
- Louisbourg, Cape Breton — navigation aid, not historical jurisdiction
- Peoples named in this record
- French, British forces
- Review state
- source supported draft — source-supported draft is not independent verification
- Catalogue updated
- 2026-10-11
- French text
- Translation pending; English research text shown.
Map context
No territorial polygon or coordinate is asserted in v1. Modern location labels are orientation aids, not historical boundaries.
No dated political snapshot is available for this event. No historical boundary is inferred.
Source evidence
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Fortress of Louisbourg designation
Parks Canada · institutional history · Review: search excerpt
Recorded retrieval date: 2026-10-11. This date does not prove a complete document was reviewed.
Institutional interpretation is not automatically independent corroboration. Consult nation-authored histories and underlying records before editorial approval.