De la Perelle Property
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site
Another military man lived next to Robert Duhaget, and he found it convenient to live close to the citadel, for Jean-François Eurry de la Perelle (c. 1691-1747) was town major in the 1740s. De la Perelle married Françoise-Charlotte Aubert de la Chesnaye, the daughter of a Québec financier, and the two had eight children. Commanding the military administration of the fortress kept him busy. In 1745 his military duties included the painful one of negotiating the surrender of his town to the besiegers from New England and the Royal Navy.
A local carpenter built the original of de la Perelle’s tight little frame house in 1725, and the storehouse at right angles to it was added in 1734. The framing timber may well have been local, but the glass was imported from France and the board siding might easily have come from a sawmill in New England. Boston schoonermen sailed to Louisbourg to buy French West Indian rum and molasses, and the "planches de Baston" they sold in exchange cover the town. Some New Englanders got to know de la Perelle’s storehouse well in 1744 – it housed prisoners of war that summer.
Today de la Perelle's home contains an exhibit “The Sisters of Louisbourg,” about the lives of and work of the sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame who ran the only formal school in Louisbourg.
Related links
- Desroches House
- Dauphin Demi-Bastion and Gate
- Embrasures at Lartigue
- Lartigue House
- Artillery Storehouse and Forge
- The King's Bakery
- Duhaget 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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