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Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada 
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Figures re Reconstruction,
September 9, 1988
| 
               Areas (in square Meters & Acres @ 4047 S.M./A)  | 
            
               %  | 
          
| 122850 (30 acres), including Fortifications & Ditch, of 444100 (110 acres) Overall including Rochefort Point and Dauphin Faubourg | 
               .28  | 
          
| 65275 (16 acres), within Walls, of 246410 (60 acres), including Bastions | 
               .26  | 
          
| 41430 (10 acres), Actual Town, of 229070 (56 acres), not including Bastions | 
               .18  | 
          
| 
               Fortifications  | 
            |
| Perimeter:
              1.17 kilometersof 2.72 kilometers (along mail wall) or .725 miles of 1.7 miles  | 
            
               .43  | 
          
| Bastions 2 of 7 (including Pièce de la Grave Battery) | 
               .285  | 
          
| Gates 2 of 4 | 
               .50  | 
          
| 
               Town  | 
            |
| Blocks: 5 (EQ.) of 28 (EQ.) [7 (EQ.) of 38 (EQ.)?] | 
               .18  | 
          
| Buildings +/- 50 of +/- 180 | 
               .28  | 
          
| 
               (average .29)  | 
          |
| Streets and Places 6 of 17 | 
               (average .30)  | 
          
| 
               (+/- average .33)  | 
          |
| 
               Comparison: Perimeter Walls  | 
            |
| Montreal: +/- 3.2 kilometers | |
| Quebec: +/- 2.0 kilometers | |
| Louisbourg: +/- 2.5 kilometers | 
Source: Yvon LeBlanc