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LOUISBURG
, a See also:town and See also:port of entry of Cape See also:Breton See also:county, Nova See also:Scotia, See also:Canada, on the See also:Sydney & Louisburg railway, 39 M. from Sydney
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Pop
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(1901) 1588
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Under the See also:French regime, Louisburg was second only to See also:Quebec
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A fortress was erected at enormous expense, and the See also:city was the centre of the See also:cod-See also:fisheries
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The fortress was, however, captured in 1745 by the See also:American colonists, under See also:Sir See also: |
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