Louisbourg
/ˈluːɪsˌbɜːɡ/
noun
1.
a fortress in Canada, in Nova Scotia on SE Cape Breton Island: founded in 1713 by the French and strongly fortified (1720–40); captured by the British (1758) and demolished; reconstructed as a historic site
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