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Archaeological research at the Fortress of Louisbourg, 1961-1965 / by Edward McM Larrabee. A rescue excavation at the Princess Half-bastion, Fortress of Louisbourg / by Bruce W. Fry. An archaeological...: R61-2/1-2E-PDF

"In the summer of 1961, the Government of Canada announced plans for the reconstruction of a substantial portion of the Fortress of Louisbourg. This [first] paper describes the extensive archaeological program carried out to provide a basis for accurate reconstruction. ... [In the second paper] Edward McM. Larrabee (1970) described the archaeological research at the Fortress of Lousibourg which took place from 1961 to 1965. During that time, attention was concentrated on the King's Bastion, although there were several minor excavations in other locations of the fortress. One of these briefly mentioned by Larrabee is that of the author's salvage work on the Princess Half-bastion in 1964. This [second] paper describes that excavation and its results. ... [The third] study is an attempt to correlate the stratigraphic evidence obtained and the dating evidence suggested by clay pipe fragments recovered from the excavation of the King's Bastion and its casements"--p. 12, 46 and 58.

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  • Canada. National Historic Sites Service.
  • Parks Canada.
  • Canada. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
TitleArchaeological research at the Fortress of Louisbourg, 1961-1965 / by Edward McM Larrabee. A rescue excavation at the Princess Half-bastion, Fortress of Louisbourg / by Bruce W. Fry. An archaeological study of clay pipes from the King's Bastion, Fortress of Louisbourg / by Iain C. Walker.
Series title
  • Canadian historic sites. Occasional papers in archaeology and history no. 2
  • Contributions from the Fortress of Louisbourg no. 1
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: Recherches archéologiques à la forteresse de Louisbourg, de 1961 à 1965.
  • Historical publication digitized from print [produced by The History of Parks Canada Electronic Library].
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa : National Historic Sites Service, National and Historic Parks Branch, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1971.
Author / Contributor
  • Larrabee, Edward McM.
  • Fry, Bruce W.
  • Walker, Iain C.
Description123 p. : ill., maps
Catalogue number
  • R61-2/1-2E-PDF
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