Lou·is·bourg or Lou·is·burg (l   s-bûrg ) A town of Nova Scotia, Canada, on eastern Cape Breton Island. It is near the site of the fortress of Louisbourg, built c. 1712-1740 by the French to guard the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In 1758 the fort fell to a British land and sea attack, which reduced it to rubble. A national historical park here includes reconstructed portions of the complex. |
Louisbourg [ˈluːɪsˌbɜːg]
n
(Placename) a fortress in Canada, in Nova Scotia on SE Cape Breton Island: founded in 1713 by the French and strongly fortified (1720-40); captured by the British (1758) and demolished; reconstructed as a historic site
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