Associations near Louisbourg NS (145 Result(s))

The Fortress Louisbourg Association is a non-profit, membership organization. The Fortress Louisbourg Association works with Parks Canada in ways that ensure the commemorative and ecological integrity of the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site is sustained for present and future generations. Founded in 1976, our three period restaurants, bakery, coffee shop, and two gift boutiques help visitors understand, appreciate and enjoy the largest reconstructed 18th century French fortified town in North America.

The Fortress Louisbourg Association is a non-profit, membership organization. The Fortress Louisbourg Association works with Parks Canada in ways that ensure the commemorative and ecological integrity of the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site is sustained for present and future generations. Founded in 1976, our three period restaurants, bakery, coffee shop, and two gift boutiques help visitors understand, appreciate and enjoy the largest reconstructed 18th century French fortified town in North America. The revenue the Association generates is used to support the Children's Animation Program, Public Archaeology, Wine Pairing meals, and a variety of other visitor experiences and services.

The French came to Louisbourg in 1713, after ceding Acadia and Newfoundland to the British by the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht, which ended the War of the Spanish Succession. France's only remaining possessions in what is now Atlantic Canada were the islands of Cape Breton and Prince Edward, which were then called Isle Royale and Isle Saint-Jean. The French used these islands as a base to continue the lucrative cod fishery of the Grand Banks.

GalleryCulture must be understood as a system of meaning that which provides an understanding of the interrelationship of man, the natural world and of the spiritual or supernatural world. Culture affords a perspective to life by determining the social elements of behavior, attitudes, values and aspirations as well as language, spiritual expression, social organization, political structures and economics.(Final Report on Consultation 1981-1982, National Committee of Indian Cultural Education CentresIn that context, culture is truly the essence of our being which makes us unique as a distinct Mikmaq nation.

Provincial workers' compensation systems came about due to rising discontent when workers were being cast into the streets, forced to become dependent on other families and charity. The courts were found to be too slow and out of reach to be able to deal with it.