Fort Lawrence

Built around a British fortification overlooking the Missaguash River, Fort Lawrence grew into a rural community on Nova Scotia’s Chignecto Isthmus. The river forms part of the Nova Scotia–New Brunswick boundary, placing the settlement in a low-lying cross-provincial corridor between the Bay of Fundy and the Northumberland Strait. Fort Lawrence was a British military post in the contest for Acadia; in 1755, forces from here joined the campaign that captured nearby Fort Beauséjour. The Fort Lawrence National Historic Site preserves the location’s association with that pivotal conflict. Continue with other webcams from the Chignecto Isthmus to see how this part of Nova Scotia connects with New Brunswick and Atlantic Canada.

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