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Fort Lawrence

1750 – 1756

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Plaque

Fort Lawrence
Cumberland County
Nova Scotia

Located at 1225 Fort Lawrence Road

GPS location: 45°50'51"N 64°15'40"W

Fort Lawrence historic plaque

Photographed on 8 August 2005

Fort Lawrence historic plaque

Photographed on 8 August 2005

Fort Lawrence historic plaque

Photographed on 8 August 2005

Fort Lawrence historic plaque

Plaque date: 1923

Photographed on 24 June 2005

Plaque before refinishing (below), and after (above).
Fort Lawrence historic plaque

Fort Lawrence historic plaque

Photographed on 30 July 2003

Also see: Fort Lawrence 1750-1756, interpretative panel Fort Cumberland

Also see: Fort Beausejour plaques, 1755 Aulac

Also see: Fort Gaspareaux cairn and plaque, 1751 Port Elgin

Links to Relevant Websites
Fort Lawrence

Fort Lawrence by Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lawrence

Beyond The Isthmus: Disputed Territory by Peter Landry
...In September 1750 the English were successful at installing
themselves at the isthmus, and built for themselves a fort,
just opposite Fort Beausejour, to the south of Missaguash River.
Fort Lawrence, named after its builder, thus came into being...
http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk1/Part6/Ch02.htm

Fort Lawrence in 1755
http://www.mta.ca/marshland/topic4_acadians/hamilton_4b_31.htm

Seven Years War

Timeline of the Seven Years War 1754-1763
The period 2004-2013 is the 250th anniversary of the
Seven Years War, a.k.a. the French and Indian War.
Includes important events in Nova Scotia.
/remem/7yw-timeline.html

Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
/remem/plaques.html

First Air Mail plaque Parrsboro
/cumberco/parrairm.html

Yorkshire Settlers plaque River Philip
/cumberco/yorkshirem.html

E.B. Chandler plaque Amherst
/cumberco/chandlerm.html

R.B. Dickey plaque Amherst
/cumberco/dickeyrbm.html

J. McCully plaque Amherst
/cumberco/mccullyjm.html

Sir C. Tupper plaque Amherst
/cumberco/tuppercm.html

Fort Beausejour plaques, 1755 Aulac
/sunco/fortbeausejour.html

Thomas Dixson, November 1776, plaque Fort Cumberland
/sunco/dixson.html

Maccan war memorial Maccan
/cumberco/maccanmem.html

Oxford war memorial Oxford
/cumberco/oxfordwarmem.html

Tatamagouche Naval Encounter monument, 1745 Tatamagouche
/colchco/tatamnaval.html

A.P. Seaman plaque and tombstone Minudie
/cumberco/seamanmon.html

Amos Seaman's two churches Minudie
/cumberco/minudie2c.html

Joggins war memorial Joggins
/cumberco/joggwarmem.html

Springhill war memorial Springhill
/cumberco/sprhillwarm.html

Westchester Station war memorial Westchester Station
/cumberco/westchester.html

New Glasgow war memorial New Glasgow
/pictouco/newglaswar.html

River John war memorial River John
/pictouco/riverjohn.html

Miners Memorial monument 1891 Westville
/pictouco/westvminem.html

Westray Miners Memorial Park New Glasgow
/pictouco/westraymem.html

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First uploaded to the WWW: 2005 August 22