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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKI_sydney-and-louisbourg-railway-museum_Louisbourg-Nova-Scotia.html
Cape Breton's mining industry dictated the need of an outlet in Louisbourg to link the various railways around Sydney with Louisbourg's ice-free harbour, allowing for year-round shipping of coal. The first attempt in 1873 was a narrow, poorly func…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKH_wolfes-landing_Nova-Scotia.html
English: Here, 8th June, 1758, the men of Brigadier General James Wolfe's brigade, after having been repulsed with heavy loss by the French troops entrenched westward made their gallant and successful landing.
Thus began the operation which end…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IKG_canadas-first-observatory_Nova-Scotia.html
Three panels are located at this site.
Chabert's Mission / La mission du marquis de Chabert
English:
In 1750 the Marquis de Chabert, a French astronomer, was commissioned to go to North America to correct the maps of Cape Breton, Nova S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IK7_the-siege-landing_Nova-Scotia.html
English: In both sieges the attackers made their initial landings in this cove. In 1745 the French defended the cove with only a small detachment but in 1757 they built and garrisoned extensive fieldworks here. The following year 1,000 French wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IK6_fizel-house_Nova-Scotia.html
English:
These are the remains of a two and a half storey masonry house built in the late 1730s for merchant and militia captain Julien Fizel and his wife Françoise Tetard.
The house served several purposes: the basement was used as a store…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IK5_kennelly-point_Louisbourg-Nova-Scotia.html
English:
This point of land is named after Capt. D.J. Kennelly (ca. 1831-1907), who had a house near here during the late 19th century. An Irish-born industrialist who came to Cape Breton during the 1870s, Kennelly was captivated by Louisbourg a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IK4_the-lobster-fishery_Louisbourg-Nova-Scotia.html
English: Between 15 May and 15 July the ocean in front of you is dotted with the buoys of the lobster fishery. The Mi'kmaq as well as the French and the English ate lobster and other shellfish during the 18th Century. During the 1754 siege of Lou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HQF_j-f-w-desbarres_Sydney-Nova-Scotia.html
Founder of Sydney, 1785
Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton