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Fort Ste. Anne is a former French military fort located at present-day
After 
As commodore of the fleet,
National Historic Site
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Englishtown, Nova Scotia
Englishtown is an unincorporated area in the Municipality of the County of Victoria, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the site of the Englishtown Ferry cable ferry that carries Nova Scotia Route 312 across St. Anns Harbour.
The area was known as Mohaga ...
, on the Island of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
, Canada.
The fort was built by Captain Charles Daniel (1629) after he raided Baleine. The fort was occupied from 1639 to 1641. Two other military forts were eventually built adjacent to the fort: Simon Denys Fort (1650-1659) and Fort Dauphin (1713-1758).
Fort Dauphin
After Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought in North America involving the colonial empires of Great Britain, France, and Spain; it took place during the reign of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. In E ...
, French officer Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville
Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville (26 October 1668 – 30 June 1722) was a colonial military officer of New France in the French Marines in Canada. He is best known in North America for leading the raid on Deerfield, in western Province of Mass ...
and others established Fort Dauphin in 1713 as the capital of Ile Royale, prior to the establishment of Louisbourg
Louisbourg is an unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.
History
The French military founded the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1713 and its fortified seaport on the southwest part of the harbour, ...
. (Hertel led the Raid on Deerfield
The 1704 Raid on Deerfield (also known as the Deerfield Massacre) occurred during Queen Anne's War on February 29 when French and Native American forces under the command of Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville attacked the English frontier settle ...
and military operations against the English in Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
.) 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.
As commodore of the fleet, Edward Tyng
Edward Tyng (1683–1755) was a British naval officer who was captain of the batteries and fortifications of Boston and in command of the first Massachusetts man-of-war Prince of Orange (ship) (1740). He was the son-in-law of Cyprian Southack. ...
led 13 armed vessels and about 90 transports in the successful Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
The siege of Louisbourg took place in 1745 when a New England colonial force aided by a British fleet captured Louisbourg, the capital of the French province of Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island) during the War of the Austrian Suc ...
. He participated in the Capture of the Vigilant
The Capture of ''Vigilant'' was an incident in May 1745 of the naval warfare of King George's War. British forces captured the French vessel '' Vigilant'' off Nova Scotia.
It involved Commodore Warren in HMS ''Superb'' (60 guns), Captain Durell ...
and the destruction of Port Dauphin (Englishtown) in June 1745, burning 40 houses and an equal number of vessels.
Fort Saint Anne is National Historic Site
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Map 1764
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at Englishtown * Buildings and structures in Victoria County, Nova Scotia Military forts in Nova Scotia Military forts in Acadia Buildings and structures completed in 1629 1629 establishments in the French colonial empire 1629 establishments in Nova Scotia {{fort-stub