Fort Beauséjour

Fort Beauséjour, renamed Fort Cumberland in 1755, is a large, five-bastioned fort on the Isthmus of Chignecto in eastern Canada, a neck of land connecting the present-day province of New Brunswick with that of Nova Scotia. The site was strategically important in Acadia, a French colony that included primarily the Maritimes, the eastern part of Quebec, and northern Maine of the later United States. The fort was built by the French from 1751 to 1752. They surrendered it to the British in 1755 after their defeat in the Battle of Fort Beauséjour, during the Seven Years' War. The British renamed the structure as Fort Cumberland. The fort was strategically important throughout the Anglo-French rivalry of 1749–63, known as the French and Indian Wars by British colonists. Less than a generation later, it was the site of the 1776 Battle of Fort Cumberland, when the British forces repulsed sympathisers of the American Revolution.

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Fort Beausejour
military museum, fort, Canada, Canada, 

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Location: 45.8646, -64.2916, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Raid on Chignecto ⓘ
  Raid during King William's War on Chignecto, Acadia

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  Battle at Chignecto ⓘ
  1750 battle

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  Battle of Fort Beauséjour ⓘ
  1755 battle of the French and Indian War

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  Battle of Fort Cumberland ⓘ
  1776 18th Century siege

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  Fort Beauséjour ⓘ
  French-built fort in Acadia now a park

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  Fort Gaspareaux ⓘ
  historic French fort in New Brunswick, Canada

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1751 Fort Beauséjour

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1696 Raid on Chignecto

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1750 Battle at Chignecto

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1755 Battle of Fort Beauséjour

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1776 Battle of Fort Cumberland

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1751 Fort Gaspareaux

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Map of the western part of the Chignecto Isthmus showing Beauséjour Fort and the surrounding area

Map of the western part of the Chignecto Isthmus showing Beauséjour Fort and the surrounding area

FortBeausejour1755byCaptHamilton

FortBeausejour1755byCaptHamilton

Le Tour du monde, nouvelle série-06-p543

Closed for the season

Beausejour2006

Beausejour2006

The Maritimes130 - Flickr - GregTheBusker

The Maritimes136 - Flickr - GregTheBusker

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1696	Raid on Chignecto	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1750	Battle at Chignecto	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1755	Battle of Fort Beauséjour	Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1776	Battle of Fort Cumberland	United States, Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
link	page		Canadian Register of Historic Places page@		Wikidata
link	page		Canadian Register of Historic Places page@		Wikidata
link	page		Directory of Federal Heritage Designations page@		Wikidata
link	page		Directory of Federal Heritage Designations page@		Wikidata
link	page		national historic event page@		Wikidata
link	page		national historic event page@		Wikidata
link	page		National Historic Sites of Canada page@		Wikidata
link	page		National Historic Sites of Canada page@		Wikidata
link	page		Tripadvisor page@		Wikidata
site	fort	1751	Fort Beauséjour	military museum, fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1751	Fort Gaspareaux	national historic site of Canada, fort	Wikidata
commons	image		Map of the western part of the Chignecto Isthmus showing Beauséjour Fort and the surrounding area		Commons
commons	image		Map of the western part of the Chignecto Isthmus showing Beauséjour Fort and the surrounding area		Commons
commons	image		FortBeausejour1755byCaptHamilton		Commons
commons	image		FortBeausejour1755byCaptHamilton		Commons
commons	image		Le Tour du monde, nouvelle série-06-p543		Commons
commons	image		Closed for the season		Commons
commons	image		Beausejour2006		Commons
commons	image		Beausejour2006		Commons
commons	image		The Maritimes130 - Flickr - GregTheBusker		Commons
commons	image		The Maritimes136 - Flickr - GregTheBusker		Commons