Tatamagouche Naval Encounter
15 June 1745
Photographs of Monument
Tatamagouche Colchester County Nova Scotia
Located on the southwest side of Highway 6
a few hundred metres northwest from downtown Tatamagouche
GPS location: 45°42’47″N 63°17’42″W
Photographed on 24 June 2005
NAVAL ENCOUNTER AT
TATAMAGOUCHE
15th June 1745
IN THIS HARBOUR CAPT. DAVID
DONAHEW OF NEW ENGLAND WITH
THREE ARMED VESSELS SURPRISED
LIEUT. PAUL MARIN’S ALLIED FORCE
EN ROUTE FROM ANNAPOLIS ROYAL
TO LOUISBOURG. HE DROVE THEM
ASHORE, DISHEARTENED THE CANA-
DIAN INDIANS AND PREVENTED THE
FRENCH AND MICMACS FROM REACH-
ING LOUISBOURG BEFORE ITS FALL.
Photographed on 24 June 2005
The building in the background is the North Colchester Junior-SeniorHighSchool
Photographed on 24 June 2005
