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Fort Lawrence Monument
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In 1750, under the guidance of Jean Louis LeLoutre, the French burned their own settlement of Beaubassin in an attempt to keep it from falling into British hands. The French escaped across the river into French territory, where they built another fort - Fort Beauséjour. Undeterred, the British built Fort Lawrence at the former site of Beaubassin. By 1754 Fort Beauséjour was a much more substantial structure than the nearby Fort Lawrence. Fort Beauséjour had five metre high earthwork and bastions at the angles of its pentagonal shape, four inside casements, a powder magazine, barracks, officers quarters, and could house 800 men. In 1755, after a two week siege, Fort Beauséjour also fell into the hands of the British. Fort Lawrence was abandoned and Fort Beauséjour was renamed Fort Cumberland 1. The monument reads: Government crest. 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 built 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. Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Government of Canada 1923
Additional Links/Resources: 1 See: Tom McCoag. "Acadian site near Amherst needs protection." Halifax Chronicle Herald, June 22, 2000. |
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