Sainte-Anne / Port Dauphin National Historic Site

Great place

Awesome

Most beautiful fall foliage anywhere. Plenty of overlooks and beautiful places to see.

So much history in such a lovely area..

Beautiful

Must see if around there

We didn't stay long visiting this site but it was picturesque and seemed like it was a treasure to the locals.

This is a small roadside stone cairn and plaque commemorating the historic Fort Sainte-Anne, a former French military fort located at present-day Englishtown, Nova Scotia, Canada. Fort Sainte-Anne is a National Historic Site and was designated such in May of 1929.Settled, 1629, by Captain Charles Daniel, and the site of an early Jesuit mission. Selected in 1713, as a naval base and one of the principal places in Isle Royale, named Port Dauphin and strongly fortified.Two other military forts were eventually built adjacent to the fort: Simon Denys Fort (1650-1659) and Fort Dauphin (1713-1758).After Queen Anne's War, French officer Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville and others established Fort Dauphin in 1713 as the capital of Ile Royale, prior to the establishment of Louisbourg. He played a role in the early settlement of both present-day Englishtown (1719-1722) and St. Peter's (1713-1718). He died at Fort Dauphin.Fort Dauphin's importance declined with the choice, in 1719 of Louisbourg as the capital.As commodore of the fleet, Edward Tyng led 13 armed vessels and about 90 transports in the successful siege of Louisbourg in 1745. He participated in the Capture of the Vigilant and the destruction of Port Dauphin (Englishtown) in June 1745, burning 40 houses and an equal number of vessels.