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Fort Beauséjour   Fr GMaps
ID: 57  Voorhis Number: 46 ;   Location: New Brunswick, Canada [45.865, -64.29] ;    Founded: c. 1750 , Closed: NA .

French military fort on neck of Acadian peninsula on north bank Missiquash river. Built about 1750. Was captured by British 1755 under Col. Moncton and name changed to Fort Cumberland. Situated at head of Cumberland Bay. Shown on Carver Map 1778 (No. 19). & No. 97. Named after an early settler Laurent Chatillon Beauséjour. The fort was strengthened by Col. Moncton and a plan of it made by Col. Morse in 1764. In 1812 further repairs were made. Garrison was withdrawn after war of 1812 and fort declined. It is now a National Park.



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