Thursday, June 12, 2008

Siege of Louisbourg

250 years ago in 1758 the siege of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia began - signalling the beginning of the end of French rule in Canada. There is now a huge reconstruction of this fortress which the video shows - the original was destroyed but in true North American fashion a new artefact was created as a tourist site in the 60s. Watch the video and marvel at the recreated buildings, if you like that sort of thing... Celebratory events at Louisbourg this summer