Grandchamp Property
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site
These buildings were the retirement plan and insurance policy of Julien Auger dit Grandchamp (1666-1741). He brought his family to Louisbourg when he came as a soldier, and the inn he started here employed him after he left the service in the 1720s. Following his death, his widow, Marie Thérèse Petit, continued owning and operating this inn. Two slaves had to help run the busy tavern. Asar, a black slave, was a young boy when he was purchased, and Louis, a panis, was 14 years old.
Grandchamp’s early clients may have been his former troopmates. Many Louisbourg taverns were tiny; sometimes just a kitchen where the family of a sergeant or master artisan entertained men who had few other places to gather. With its busy quayside location, Grandchamp’s home grew into a larger business, but a 1741 inventory confirms that it was furnished much like any private home. Playing cards, drink, and a stock of clay pipes were adequate to equip a tavern like this one.
You can dine in the style of the common people of Louisbourg in the first of Grandchamp’s buildings. In the smaller tavern you may meet a soldier or fisherman who has stopped to share a song or story over a glass.
Related links
- Desroches House
- Dauphin Demi-Bastion and Gate
- Embrasures at Lartigue
- Lartigue House
- Artillery Storehouse and Forge
- The King's Bakery
- Duhaget Property
- 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
- 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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