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1710: Weapons, Equipment and Fortifications (60)1711: Weapons, Equipment and Fortifications (60)1712: Weapons, Equipment and Fortifications (60)1713: Weapons, Equipment and Fortifications (61)1714: Weapons, Equipment and Fortifications (58)1715: Weapons, Equipment and Fortifications (58)1716: Weapons, Equipment and Fortifications (59)1717: Weapons, Equipment and Fortifications (64)1718: Weapons, Equipment and Fortifications (64)1719: Weapons, Equipment and Fortifications (64)Weapons, Equipment and Fortifications
 
 

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Type: Document
Description: Eventually war erupted in North America between competing English and French colonies during the 17th century. In 1713, France ceded much of Acadia (now New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island) to Britain and abandoned its claims to Newfoundland. They retained control of Cape Breton, where they built the fortress of Louisburg to protect their fishing and shipping interests.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: The French Ministry of the Navy maintained a small colonial army to protect French possessions in the West Indies and Guyana.
Site: National Defence
 
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: The names of troops raised by the French Ministry of Marine often confuse people. There were separate units of Compagnies franches de la Marine to serve aboard warships. These troops had nothing to do with the Compagnies franches found in Canada.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Lifestyle
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: Officers had more comfortable surroundings than did common soldiers in New France. They shared a room with at most one other officer, and would own furniture and utensils unavailable to the troops.
Site: National Defence
 
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: Canadian militia preferred to use light hunting muskets of small calibre. The Canadians were noted for their accurate shooting. Militiamen were supposed to provide their own weapons, but the government was sometimes forced to issue weapons.
Site: National Defence
 
 
Type: Image
Online Reference Books
Description: The rivers provided easy routes for military expeditions in New France, thanks to the birch bark canoe.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Louisbourg
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: To replace their now lost outposts in Acadia and Placentia, in 1719 the French began to construct a fortified port at Louisbourg on Île Royale (Cape Breton Island)
Site: National Defence
 
 
Type: Image
Online Reference Books
Description: This aerial view shows Fort Prince of Wales, just across the Churchill river from present-day Churchill, Manitoba. Its construction began in 1717. The fort was taken without a fight by a French expedition to Hudson Bay in 1782. It was said to be the only sizeable bastioned stone fort on the Arctic Ocean. Its walls were restored in the 1950s. (Parks Canada)
Site: National Defence
 
 
Type: Image
Online Reference Books
Description: Both of these men wear the grey-white coat of France with the blue facings of the Troupes de la Marine. The sergeant (left) is distinguished by gold laced buttonholes on his coat cuffs, and he carries a halbard - a weapon particular to his rank. The common soldier is armed with a musket, sword and bayonet, and his cartridge pouch is decorated with an anchor. Reconstruction by Michel Pétard. (Parks Canada)
Site: National Defence
 
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: The amount of artillery at Louisbourg led to the creation of an artillery company there in 1743. There was a school for artillery training at Quebec, which became the nucleus for a second company in 1750. Gunners wore distinctive uniforms and were considered elite soldiers.
Site: National Defence
 
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