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Fort Point
1632

Isaac de Razilly
1587 – 1635

Photographs of
Monument

LaHave
Lunenburg County
Nova Scotia

GPS location:   44°17'18"N   64°21'05"W
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Fort Point: general view, looking south

Photographed on 30 April 2003



Fort Point plaque, installed 1929
Fort Point plaque, installed 1929

Photographed on 30 April 2003



Fort Point: general view, looking southeast

Photographed on 10 July 2003



Fort Point: cast iron cannon

Photographed on 10 July 2003



Fort Point: cast iron cannon

Photographed on 10 July 2003



Fort Point: cannon manufactured for King George III
Cannon manufactured for George III Rex
(King George III reigned 1760-1820)

Photographed on 10 July 2003



Other Old Cannons in Nova Scotia


What's the big deal about cannons?

Nowadays, cannon and other forms of artillery from the 1700s and 1800s are nothing more than quaint noise-makers.  We see them only in the movies and on TV, or at occasional demonstrations at historic sites.  In their day, cannons were the most powerful, far-reaching and fearsome weapons available...





Links to Relevant Websites
Fort LaHave National Historic Site

Fort LaHave National Historic Site of Canada
    http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/lhn-nhs/det_E.asp?site_id=0305&name=Fort+LaHave


Chapter 7: The De Razilly Settlement
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk1/Part1/Ch07.htm


This Monument sits in the grounds of the Fort Point Museum,
LaHave.  The stone cairn is about four metres high...
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~nslssgs/monftpt.htm


Fort Point Museum Lunenburg County Historical Society
    http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/lchs-fortpoint/


Isaac de Razilly Digital Collections archive
    http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/acadian/
          english/eb41755/lords/razilly/razilly.htm



Isaac de Razilly becomes governor of Acadie
by Jim Bradshaw
Lafayette, Louisiana, Daily Advertiser, 23 February 1999
    http://www.lft.k12.la.us/chs/la_studies/ParishSeries/Acadie/IsaacDeRazilly.htm
            chs Carencro High School
            lft Lafayette Parish School System
Cultures of Acadiana This site is a result of ongoing study by the
Louisiana Studies (Sociology) classes of Carencro High School
of the cultures of Acadiana.  Acadiana is a 13 parish
(Note to non-Louisianians: our parishes are the same things
as your counties) area in south Louisiana where French exiles
from Nova Scotia (known to them as Acadia) settled after their
deportation by the British in 1755.  The descendents of those exiles
are now known as Cajuns (a variation of the name "Acadians").
The town of Carencro developed from one of the earliest Cajun
settlements and is located immediately north of the city of Lafayette...
    http://www.carencrohighschool.org/la_studies/
Our French Heritage: Acadie "History of Acadiana,"
32 articles about the settlement of Acadie in French Canada
The Lafayette, Louisiana, Daily Advertiser, 23 February 1999
    http://www.carencrohighschool.org/la_studies/ParishSeries/Acadie/AcadieArticles.htm


Isaac de Razilly
    http://www.doucetfamily.org/heritage/Razilly.htm


Fort Point Settlement equipped with 25 cannons
    http://www.multiculturaltrails.ca/level_3/number181.html


Acadia (Nova Scotia): 1632 to 1653
    http://www.acadian-cajun.com/acadia1.htm


The First Permanent French Settlement in the LaHave area: 1632
Riverport Review, June 2001
    http://www.riverport.org/review/Review_June-2001.pdf

The Wayback Machine has archived copies of:
The First Permanent French Settlement in the LaHave area: 1632
Riverport Review, June 2001


Archived: 2003 March 09
http://web.archive.org/web/20030309043639/http://riverport.org/review/Review_June-2001.pdf
Archived: 2004 July 18
http://web.archive.org/web/20040718210512/http://www.riverport.org/review/Review_June-2001.pdf


1632: The Sail from Le Havre to La Heve, Arsenault Account
    http://www.terriau.org/arsenaul.htm


1632: The Sail from Le Havre to La Heve, Lanctot Account
    http://www.terriau.org/lanctot.htm


Isaac de Razilly: The Resurgence of Acadia, 1632
    http://creations.acadie.net/eng/historique/3.html


Acadian History: The Beginning by Linda W. Jones
    http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/lwjones/acadhist.htm


An Acadian Introduction
    http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/2162/intro.htm


Charles de Menou d'Aulnay
In July 1632, I landed at LeHave with my cousin, Isaac de Razilly...
    http://www.francoplanete.net/tricentenaire/pressen2cVIII.htm


Germain Doucet dit Laverdure came to Acadia
in 1632 with Isaac de Razilly...
    http://www.shocking.com/~gregbard/genealogy/not06533.shtml


Germain Doucet, Sieur de Laverdure
Lafayette Daily Advertiser, 10 August 1997
    http://www.doucetfamily.org/genealogy/Bio.htm


Brief Biographies

Chapter 8: The Battling Barons of Acadia by Peter Landry
Razilly, d'Aulnay, La Tour, Denys...
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk1/Part1/Ch08.htm


Issac de Razilly by Peter Landry
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Razilly.htm


Issac de Razilly Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34619


Charles de Menou d'Aulnay by Peter Landry
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Aulnay.htm


Charles de Menou d'Aulnay Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34532


Nicholas Denys by Peter landry
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Denys.htm


Nicolas Denys Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34290


Charles Biencourt de Saint-Just by Peter Landry
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Biencourt.htm


Jean de Biencourt, Seigneur de Poutrincourt by Peter Landry
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Poutrincourt.htm


Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34184


Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just by Wikipedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Biencourt_de_Poutrincourt_et_de_Saint-Just


Pierre Du Gua de Monts by Peter Landry
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Monts.htm


Pierre Du Gua de Monts Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34320


Claude de Saint-Etienne de la Tour (c.1570-c.1636) Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34641


Charles La Tour (1595-c.1665) by Peter Landry
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/LaTour.htm


Charles de Saint-Etienne de la Tour (1593-1666) Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34640


Charles de Saint-Etienne de la Tour (c.1665-1731) Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35212


Agathe de Saint-Etienne de la Tour (1690-c.1743) Dictionary of Canadian Biography
a.k.a. Agathe Bradstreet, Agathe Campbell
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35211


Origin of the name Acadia
    http://www.cajunculture.com/Places/acadia.htm


What territory did Acadia include?
Sebastian Rale: A Maine Tragedy of the Eighteenth Century
by John Francis Sprague, Androscoggin Historical Society, 1906
    http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/me/somerset/sprague/rale/rale3.txt


Money settles diplomatic dispute over Acadie's ownership by Jim Bradshaw
Lafayette Daily Advertiser, 23 February 1999
    http://www.carencrohighschool.org/la_studies/ParishSeries/Acadie/MoneySettles.htm


A Merged History: Canada and The United States, 1600-1699 by Bill Jones
    http://www.explorenorth.com/library/history/bl-bjones3-16.htm


Charles de La Tour confirmed as governor of Acadia
Charles de Latour was named Governor of Acadia
in Letters Patent issued by King Louis XIV in February 1651
    http://www.collectionscanada.ca/bulletin/015017-9809-03-e.html

The Wayback Machine has archived copies of:
King Louis XIV confirms Charles de La Tour as governor of Acadia
in Letters Patent issued in February 1651


Archived: 2002 July 10
http://web.archive.org/web/20020710221941/http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/9/2/p2-9809-03-e.html
Archived: 2002 November 07
http://web.archive.org/web/20021107135606/http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/9/2/p2-9809-03-e.html
Archived: 2003 April 26
http://web.archive.org/web/20030426141913/http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/9/2/p2-9809-03-e.html
Archived: 2004 February 24
http://web.archive.org/web/20040224182010/http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/9/2/p2-9809-03-e.html
Archived: 2004 November 21
http://web.archive.org/web/20041121225347/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/bulletin/015017-9809-03-e.html


Saint-Germain-en-Laye treaty signed on 29 March 1632
    http://www.lafete.org/new/acadia/timeE/1632.htm

The Wayback Machine has archived copies of:
Saint-Germain-en-Laye treaty
signed on 29 March 1632


Archived: 2001 April 28
http://web.archive.org/web/20010428153144/http://www.lafete.org/new/acadia/timeE/1632.htm
Archived: 2002 August 19
http://web.archive.org/web/20020819230527/http://www.lafete.org/new/acadia/timeE/1632.htm
Archived: 2003 February 25
http://web.archive.org/web/20030225054939/http://www.lafete.org/new/acadia/timeE/1632.htm
Archived: 2004 April 19
http://web.archive.org/web/20040419135809/http://www.lafete.org/new/acadia/timeE/1632.htm






Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
    http://ns1763.ca/remem/plaques.html


Scotch Fort 1629 monument Scotch Fort 1629 monument Port Royal
    http://ns1763.ca/annapco/scotchfort.html

Riverport war memorial Riverport war memorial Riverport
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/riverport.html

Mosher memorial Mosher memorial Lower LaHave
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/moshermem.html

Five Houses cannon Five Houses cannon Lower LaHave
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/5housescann.html

Riverport: John Philip Ritcey monument Ritcey monument Riverport
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/ritceymon.html

Montbeliard monument Montbeliard monument Lunenburg
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/montbeliard.html

Blockhouse Hill cannon Blockhouse Hill cannon Lunenburg
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/blockhsecann.html

Schooner Bluenose plaque Schooner Bluenose plaque Lunenburg
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/bluenosem.html

Sack-of-Lunenburg plaque 1782 Sack of Lunenburg plaque Lunenburg
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/sacklunen.html

Monument: Poutrincourt's 1607 Mill Poutrincourt's 1607 Mill monument LeQuille
    http://ns1763.ca/annapco/lequille.html

Morden: French Cross monument French Cross monument Morden
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/frenchcross.html

Falmouth: Sainte-Famille Parish Cemetery Sainte-Famille Parish Cemetery Falmouth
    http://ns1763.ca/hantsco/acadnfalm.html

Bloody Creek monument Monument: Bloody Creek 1757 Bloody Creek
    http://ns1763.ca/annapco/bloodycrk.html

Monument: 1747 Attack at Grand Pre Monument: 1747 Attack at Grand Pre Grand Pre
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/attack1747.html

Iron Cross monument Iron Cross monument Horton Landing
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/ironcross.html

Planters monument Planters monument Horton Landing
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/plantermon.html

Planters cairn, Town Plot, Starrs Point Planters cairn Town Plot, Starrs Point
    http://ns1763.ca/kingsco/starrspt.html

New Germany war memorial New Germany war memorial New Germany
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/newgermanym.html

Veterans' Memorial Bridge Veterans' Memorial Bridge Bridgewater
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/bridgelahave.html

Western Shore war memorial Western Shore war memorial
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/weshore.html

Chester Basin war memorial Chester Basin war memorial Chester Basin
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/chbasinm.html

Chester war memorial Chester war memorial
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/chesmem.html

Chester bronze cannons Chester bronze cannons Chester
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/chesbronzcann.html

Chester firemen memorial Chester volunteer firemen memorial
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/chesfire.html

Norwegian war memorial at Chester Norwegian war memorial at Chester
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/norchest.html

Camp Norway memorial Camp Norway memorial Lunenburg
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/norwaycmp.html

New Ross war memorial New Ross war memorial
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/rossmem.html

Parkdale-Maplewood war memorial Parkdale-Maplewood war memorial Parkdale-Maplewood
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/parkmaple.html

West Northfield: war memorial West Northfield war memorial West Northfield
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/westnorthfld.html

Upper Northfield: war memorial Upper Northfield war memorial Upper Northfield
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/uppernorthm.html

Hubbards war memorial Hubbards war memorial
    http://ns1763.ca/hfxrm/hubbmem.html

Swissair Flight 111 Memorial, Bayswater Swissair Flight 111 Memorial, Bayswater
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/swissbaysw.html

Barrington war memorial Barrington war memorial
    http://ns1763.ca/shelbco/barrmem.html

Chester Basin: Delbert Webber, blacksmith shop Delbert Webber, blacksmith shop Chester Basin
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/webberdel.html

The Ovens Gold Mines plaque The Ovens Gold Mines plaque The Ovens
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/ovensgold.html

Lunenburg: Temperance Fountain Temperance Fountain Lunenburg
    http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/temperftn.html

Queens County war memorial Queens County war memorial Liverpool
    http://ns1763.ca/qrm/queenscomon.html

Port Mouton war memorial Port Mouton war memorial Port Mouton
    http://ns1763.ca/qrm/portmoutonm.html

Kempt war memorial Kempt war memorial Kempt, Queens Regional Municipality
    http://ns1763.ca/qrm/kemptmem.html

Charlos Cove historical plaque Charlos Cove historical plaque Charlos Cove
    http://ns1763.ca/guysbco/charloshist.html


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