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Fort Lawrence

Fort Lawrence is a National Historic Site of Canada in Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia · Fort Lawrence Road, Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia · location approximate

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Erected in 1750 by Major Charles Lawrence, afterwards Lieut.- Governor of Nova Scotia, for the defense of the isthmus of Chignecto: garrisoned by British troops until after the capture of Fort Beauséjour, when it was abandoned. Immediately south of the fort was the village of Beaubassin, one of the oldest french settlements in Nova Scotia, founded by Jacques Bourgeois and others from Port Royal in 1672, evacuated and burned by the French in 1750, prior to the erection of Fort Lawrence.

Another text the Directory records for this designation

FORT LAWRENCE In 1672, Jacques Bourgeois and other settlers from Port Royal founded the Acadian village of Beaubassin in this strategic area. In 1750, the French burned the village in the face of the advancing English under Major Charles Lawrence and withdrew across the river where they build Fort Beauséjour. The English built Fort Lawrence on this ridge. Hopes of maintaining the long-disputed border at the Missiguash and saving that part of Acadia for France were dashed when in 1755 Fort Beauséjour was captured. It became the English garrison and Fort Lawrence was abandoned.

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C'est à cet endroit stratégique que Jacques Bourgeois et des colons de Port-Royal fondèrent, en 1672, le village de Beaubassin. Pour parer à l'avance des troupes du major Charles Lawrence, le Français le brûlèrent en 1750. Réfugiés de l'autre côté de la rivière, ils y construisirent le fort Beauséjour. Sur cette arête-ci, les Anglais érigèrent le fort Lawrence. La prise du fort Beauséjour, en 1755, anéantit tout espoir de maintenir à Missiquash la frontière depuis longtemps objet de litige et de garder française cette partie de l'Acadie. Les Anglais installèrent une garnison à Beauséjour et abandonnèrent le fort Lawrence.

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This plaque text is recorded in the Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, published by Parks Canada for the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Plaque texts come from the Directory’s open dataset in the languages the Directory publishes them in; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the Directory’s street address or local area and marked approximate. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
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