GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH MATERIALS ON THE TOWN OF LOUISBOURG ~ 
ASSORTED TOWN OF LOUISBOURG CENSUS MATERIALS

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• 1851 - The existing Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) does not include Cape Breton (Please note parts of the 1851 census did not survive)
   

• 1861 - Census
   

• 1864-1865

Thomas Hutchinson, Hutchinson's Nova Scotia directory, for 1864-65 :
containing alphabetical directories of each place in the province, with a post office directory and an appendix
containing much useful information (Halifax: Thomas Hutchinson, 1864), p. 271
http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=3913548&qryID=f58bac40-0335-4de6-a093-78374050c955
 

• 1866-1867

 - Thomas Hutchinson, Hutchinson's Nova Scotia directory, for 1866-67 : containing alphabetical directories of each
place in the province, and an appendix containing much useful information, (Halifax: D. McAlpine & Co., 1866), pp.  416.
http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=3914464&qryID=ebe8c75c-379e-447b-863f-4df5be233ac3 -
McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1890-97. Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Each County,
and a Separate Directory of the Cities and Provincial Towns. Also a Directory of the Magdalen Islands
and St. Pierre de Miquelon. A Business Directory of All Advertisers and Subscribers, with an Appendix
of Useful Information and Indexes. -- Halifax : D. McAlpine & Son, [1890?]. 1502 p. -- Printed by Nova Scotia Printing

• 1868-1869

McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1868-69
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/canadiandirectories/001075-100.01-e.php

• 1870-1871

 David, McAlpine, Maritime Provinces Directory for 1870-71 (Halifax: McAlpine Halifax 1871), pp. 445-446
http://www.ourroots.ca/toc.aspx?id=1278&qryID=dc9b660a-d3bd-403b-b183-b6cb4506df22

 

• 1871

Lovell's Province of Nova Scotia Directory for 1871
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/canadiandirectories/001075-100.01-e.php

• 1881 Census
   

• 1890 - 1897 - Louisburg included in Cape Breton County: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/canadiandirectories/001075-119.01-e.php?d_id_nbr=5841&type=1&brws=&total=1530&page_sequence_nbr=1260&page_id_nbr=5568&&&&&PHPSESSID=eeqs2c0jdmj9ujjj3q12k9vv21
  [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/canadiandirectories/001075-100.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=eeqs2c0jdmj9ujjj3q12k9vv21]
   

• 1891 - Census
   

• 1901 - Census
   

• 1907-1908 - McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1907-08, Cape Breton County - Town of Louisbourg
   

• 1910 - List of Voters 1901, Polling District No. 6, Louisburg, in the Electoral District of Cape Breton, N.S., District No. 6
   

• 1911 - Census (Kennington Cove, Lorraine Road, Big Lorraine, Still Water, New Boston, West Louisburg, Clarks Road, Fort Louisburg)

1922 PLAN

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•  CONGDON, J.H., Plan of Louisbourg N.S. (Old Town) showing individual properties therein as determined by survey in accordance with title deeds & provincial grants as supplied by the Department of the Interior. Ottawa. Dartmouth N.S. 10th August 1922. J.H. Congdon Prov. Land Surveyor for Nova Scotia. 1922. Microfiche Number: 18398 Ecopy Number(s): n0018398_a1 n0018398_a2 n0018398_b1 n0018398_b2 Call Number: H2/240/Louisbourg/1922 (2 sections) Record No.: 688 - Open
    

• 1935 - Cape Breton District Telephone Directory, October 1935
    

• 1954 - Louisbourg in the Cape Breton District Telephone Directory August 1954