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Country: Canada

State:

Province: NS

Territory:

Transcription Notes:
Cumberland Fort(?) might refer to Fort Cumberland in Maryland, USA Arctic America 2. Located on the Isthmus of Chignecto — the land-bridge between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick — Fort Cumberland, originally known as Fort Beauséjour, was built by the French in 1751 to defend against the British. In 1755, during the French & Indian War, the fort fell to British and colonial forces and was renamed Fort Cumberland. Country: Canada, Province Nova Scotia