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Fort Beauséjour
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Fort Beauséjour (bōsāzhr`), N.B., Canada, near Amherst, N.S. Built by the French between 1751 and 1755 to command Chignecto isthmus between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, it was captured (1755) by British and American troops under General Monckton and was renamed Fort Cumberland. Since 1926 it has been the site of Fort Beauséjour National Historic Park.
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Located near Sackville, New Brunswick, Fort Beausejour was built by the French in the early 1750s and fell to the British following a two-week siege in 1755.
The Road to Canada: The Grand Route from Saint John to Quebec by Grodzinski, John R. / The Canadian Army Journal
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