The next leg of the French engineer de Poilly's journey, as found in the document “Plan et memoire d’un voyage fait pendant l’hiver de 1757, autour de l’Isle Roïale,” takes a very dangerous turn. Poilly and his travelling companions enter the Bras d'Or Lakes - an unfamiliar place to the French living in Cape Breton … Continue reading Monsieur de Poilly’s 1757 Winter Tour of Cape Breton Island – Part 3
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Remarkable Stories From the Lost Settlements of 18th Century Cape Breton
Figure 1.1 - "A plan of the island of Cape Britain reduced from the large survey made by the orders and instructions of the right honorable the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations" by Samuel Holland, April 1767. To view a larger version, click here. The settlements of St. Esprit, Allemands, Rouillé and Espagnole no … Continue reading Remarkable Stories From the Lost Settlements of 18th Century Cape Breton
Podcast Épisode 2 (part. 2) – Helen Creighton et le mystère de « La Complainte de Louisbourg »
La deuxième partie de l'épisode 2 analyse les paroles de « La complainte de Louisbourg » afin de voir si la chanson décrit fidèlement les événements de la chute de Louisbourg en 1745. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub3xTlHvVj0 Recherché et écrit par JM Bourgeois, narration et production, JR Bourgeois Crédit vidéo : “Louisbourg Under Siege” – Agence de production … Continue reading Podcast Épisode 2 (part. 2) – Helen Creighton et le mystère de « La Complainte de Louisbourg »
Podcast Episode 02b – Helen Creighton and the Mystery of “Louisbourg’s Lament”
The second part of episode 2 analyzes the lyrics of “Louisbourg’s Lament” in order to see how it holds up against the historical record of the fall of Louisbourg in 1745. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_rYFb7FbVM Video credits: - "Louisbourg Under Siege", National Film Board of Canada Photo credits: - Lewis Parker, artist - “Plan de Philisbourg, 1750”, Bibliothèque … Continue reading Podcast Episode 02b – Helen Creighton and the Mystery of “Louisbourg’s Lament”
Podcast Épisode 2 (part. 1) – Helen Creighton et le mystère de « La Complainte de Louisbourg »
Dans la première partie de notre deuxième épisode, nous examinons la chanson traditionnelle acadienne « La complainte de Louisbourg », une chanson qui semble provenir d'un témoin oculaire du siège de Louisbourg en 1745. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giL5viUcG2c Recherché et écrit par JM Bourgeois, narration et production, JR Bourgeois -- Crédit vidéo : Songs of Nova Scotia - … Continue reading Podcast Épisode 2 (part. 1) – Helen Creighton et le mystère de « La Complainte de Louisbourg »
Podcast Episode 02a – Helen Creighton and the Mystery of “Louisbourg’s Lament”
In the first part of our second episode, we examine the traditional Acadian song “La Complainte de Louisbourg”, or “Louisbourg’s Lament”, a song believed to have originated with an eye-witness to the 1745 Siege of Louisbourg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iPMhPJ1kD0&t=12s Video credit: - Songs of Nova Scotia - Producing Agency: National Film Board of Canada Photo credit: - … Continue reading Podcast Episode 02a – Helen Creighton and the Mystery of “Louisbourg’s Lament”
Voices Long Gone: Chéticamp’s “La Complainte de Louisbourg” – part 2
(October 7, 2022 – Since the publishing of this article, historian Éva Guillorel from the University of Rennes in France has done significant research into the origins of “La Complainte de Louisbourg.” She has uncovered evidence that this Acadian folksong is based on an older French song written about one of the sieges of Philippsburg. … Continue reading Voices Long Gone: Chéticamp’s “La Complainte de Louisbourg” – part 2
Voices Long Gone: Chéticamp’s “La Complainte de Louisbourg” – part 1
Chéticamp, Nova Scotia in the early 1900s (October 7, 2022 - Since the publishing of this article, historian Éva Guillorel from the University of Rennes in France has done significant research into the origins of "La Complainte de Louisbourg." She has uncovered evidence that this Acadian folksong is based on an older French song written … Continue reading Voices Long Gone: Chéticamp’s “La Complainte de Louisbourg” – part 1
The Lost World of Cape Breton Island 