Duhaget Property
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site
The property of garrison officer Robert Tarride Duhaget (c. 1702 - 1757) introduces the way most of Louisbourg’s town lots were laid out. There were few seigneuries in the colony. Landholding was freeholding, and real estate traded freely, largely exempt from taxation. In the town, most lots resembled Duhaget’s — regular in shape, and separated from neighbours and the street by high post fences. Inside the fences, a house often shared its lot with outbuildings and a kitchen garden.
Born in the south of France, Duhaget came to Louisbourg as a young officer and progressed steadily through postings around the colony. The house he built here in 1737 was a frame structure with beveled board siding - one of the largest in Louisbourg. Duhaget may have foreseen a big family from his marriage of that year to Marguerite Rousseau de Villejouin, but the marriage proved childless, and soon much of the house was rented as lodging and offices. Duhaget rose to senior rank, but his health failed in 1757. He returned to France to “take the waters” and died there soon afterwards.
“Louisbourg as a fortress” is the exhibit on the ground floor of the Duhaget house, and there is a comfortable theme lounge upstairs.
The Icehouse
This inverted cone topped with the royal fleur de lis was a luxury and a little piece of practical science. It is an icehouse, complete with tightly insulated roof, north-facing door (never to be opened in the heat of the day), and a deep pit to he packed with layers of ice and straw. It was a sensible place to hang meat and store perishables, and perhaps the governor scored a little coup by serving iced drinks and frozen desserts on August afternoons.
Related links
- Desroches House
- Dauphin Demi-Bastion and Gate
- Embrasures at Lartigue
- Lartigue House
- Artillery Storehouse and Forge
- The King's Bakery
- De la Perelle Property
- Engineer's Property
- Rodrigue Property
- De Gannes Property
- The King's Bastion
- McLennan Centre
- Through the town to the quay / De la Plagne Property
- De la Vallière Property
- Carrerot Property
- Benoist Property
- L’Epée Royale
- Magasin du Roi (King's Storehouse)
- Hôtel de la Marine
- Grandchamp Property
- Frédéric Gate
- Commissaire-Ordonnateur’s Property
- Marie Marguerite Rose plaque
- Eastward along the Quay
The reconstructed site
On the map | Building name |
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1 | Desroches House (Wheelchair accessible) |
- | Dauphin Gate |
- | Dauphin Demi-Bastion |
2 | Powder Magazine |
3 | Barracks |
4 | Postern Tunnel |
5 | Embrasures at Lartigue |
6 | Lartigue House (Wheelchair accessible) |
- | Lime Kiln |
7 | Artillery Storehouse |
8 | Artillery Forge |
9 | King's Bakery Food service |
- | Woodlot |
10 | Duhaget House (Wheelchair accessible) Garrison and Fortifications Exhibit |
- | Icehouse |
11 | De la Perelle House (Wheelchair accessible) Congrégation de Notre-Dame Exhibit |
12 | De la Perelle Storehouse |
13 | Engineer's Residence |
14 | Laundry and Stables |
15 | Rodrigue House |
16 | Rodrigue Storehouse |
17 | De Gannes House (Wheelchair accessible) |
18 | Guardhouse |
- | King's Bastion |
19 | Military Chapel |
20 | Governor's Apartments |
On the map | Building name |
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21 | King's Bastion Barracks Reconstruction, Tools of War, and Archeological Typography Exhibits |
- | King's Garden |
22 | McLennan Centre (Wheelchair accessible) (Wifi available) Virtual Reality Experience |
23 | De la Plagne (Wheelchair accessible) (Information) |
24 | De la Vallière House Mi'kmaw Interpretive Centre |
25 | De la Vallière Storehouse |
26 | De la Vallière Storehouse II |
- | Fizel and Loppinot Properties |
- | Dugas House |
27 | Carrerot House Building Techniques Exhibit |
28 | Benoist House (Wheelchair accessible) (Gift shop) |
29 | L'Épée Royale Café (Wheelchair accessible) Food service |
30 | King's Storehouse |
31 | Hôtel de la Marine (Wheelchair accessible) Food service |
32 | Grandchamp House (Wheelchair accessible) Food service |
- | Frédéric Gate |
- | Carcan |
33 | Grandchamp Inn (Wheelchair accessible) Food service |
- | Destouches House |
34 | Ordonnateur's Residence (Wheelchair accessible) Recollecting Lives Exhibit & Harbour Gallery |
35 | Bigot Storehouse |
36 | Stables |
- | Louisbourg Cross |
37 | Marie Marguerite Rose plaque |
- | Eastward along the Quay |
- | Ruins Walk |
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