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Researching the
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
Recherche sur la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg Lieu historique national du Canada
THE
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF 18TH CENTURY LOUISBOURG
Microfiche
Report Series 83, By Margaret
Fortier, 1983, Fortress of Louisbourg
Part One - Louisbourg - The Land and its Utilization, Louisbourg Properties
Properties - Louisbourg Environs
139. Martin LaBorde - Joannis Gelos
LOCATION:
fond de la baie
DATE OF CONCESSION:
no concession - on the land since the
establishment of the colony.
DATE OF OCCUPATION:
SIZE OF PROPERTY:
37 toises 3
pieds x 114 toises
BORDERS OF PROPERTY:
north - road to Baleine
south - harbour
east - Dassance
west - Gelos
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP:
date unknown - sometime before 1741 Gelos came into possession of this property.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:
Date unknown (probably around 1750).
A plan of the fond de la baie area shows
some cabanes or magasins and a chafaud on
the land.