Louisbourg

Louisbourg was a French stronghold in northern Nova Scotia, near the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Until the Seven Years' War, it served as France's principal seat of power in New France.

History

In 1745, the British Royal Navy attacked the fortress, just as the Assassins John de la Tour, Achilles Davenport, and Achilles' wife Abigail arrived to track the Hermeticist Nicolas Court. While de la Tour and Achilles fought off the attacking British troops, Abigail searched for Court's safehouse, but it was abandoned. Eventually, realizing that the fort would inevitably fall to the British, de la Tour sacrificed himself to buy Achilles and Abigail enough time to escape. After the British captured Louisbourg, they would return it to France three years later through the Treaty of Aix-Chapelle.

In 1758, the Royal Navy again attacked the fort during the Seven Years' War, starting the Siege of Louisbourg. The Assassin Adéwalé attempted to destroy the British fleet using fireships, but the Templars intercepted him and, with the help of James Cook's Man O' War, HMS Pembroke, sank the fireships. Adéwalé was thus forced to retreat, and the French Navy was defeated, causing Louisbourg to fall to the British and marking a turning point in the war. The fortress was later destroyed to prevent the French from retaking it.

By 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, Louisbourg trade routes were attacked by British privateers. The Colonial Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton used the Aquila to defend the routes and sink many privateer ships, the Prospector among them. With no more privateers, Louisbourg could trade safely with the Davenport Homestead in Massachusetts.

Trivia

• Fort de Sable bears resemblance to Louisbourg, indicating that the fortress was planned to be a location that Shay Cormac could visit or capture for the British.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed III (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed: Rogue (mentioned only)