Fortress Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia is open year-round. Winter is the slow season for the popular tourist destination, but the historic site is hosting Christmas events to ...
The fortress of Louisbourg was defended by a garrison of 2500 men, 400 militia and 10 ships at the time of the Seven Years War. Lawrence River. It sat on Île Royale (now Cape Breton Island), a ...