Quebec, Montreal, Louisbourg and New Orleans by Rene Chartrand

Author:Rene Chartrand
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: French Fortresses in North America 1535–1763: Québec, Montréal, Louisbourg and New Orleans
ISBN: 9781472803177
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

A plan of Montréal in 1724 by Gaspard Chaussegros de Léry. Begun in 1717, work to build the walls surrounding the city had been completed. There is little evidence of earthworks outside, nor were they much needed: the north side of the city walls sat high on a long east-to-west bluff; the south side bordered the St. Lawrence River; the northeast side (right) had two strong bastions and the small citadel. Only the southwest side (left) was weaker and, indeed, a suburb was already being built there outside the wall of the thriving fur trade business center of Canada. (Print after C. Bertrand, Histoire de Montréal, 1933)

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