My predictions based on knowledge provided where I believe historical sites during the time of the siege to be.

1. TRYING TO
DECIPHER FORT
BEAUSEJOUR
By Murrium Zaheer

2. Overview
◦ Study Area
◦ Goals
◦ Resources
◦ Methodology
◦ Results
◦ Conclusion

3. Study Area
Canada
USA
Maps provided by Google maps 2016

4. GOALS:
1. Search for signs of the French redoubt,
Commandant's House and Barracks at Pont Buot -
this may require reconstructing the original course
of the river to determine where the British landed on
4 June 1755.
2. Search for signs of the possible British gun
batteries and siege camp at Butte a Mirande.
3. If anything can be discerned on Tonge Island and
the reputed location of a blockhouse on the high
ground north of Fort Beausejour.

5. Resources
provided by
Professor Henry
Cary at St.Mary’s
University
• Two old British
maps
• One old French
map
• Chris Hand’s
Masters Thesis at
the University of
New Brunswick
with pictures
Flags provided by Google images 2016

7. Resources
provided by
AGRG-
• Lidar imagery
from 2010 – 2011
• DEM

8. Other
Resources
• New Brunswick
road data
acquired from
Service New
Brunswick’s
website
• Nova Scotia’s
road data
provided by
Professor Konrad
Dramowicz
Flags provided by Google images 2016

9. Methodology
◦ Merged Road data
Road data provided by Service New Brunswick and Professor Konrad Dramowicz

10. Methodology
◦ Merged Lidar data
Lidar data provided by Applied Geomatics Research Group

11. Methodology
◦ Georeferenced Historical maps
Materials provided by Prof. Henry Cary at St.Mary’s University

12. Methodology
◦ Created Hillshades of the Lidar and DEM data
Materials provided by Applied Geomatics Research Group

13. Methodology
◦ Created a Possible features shapefile to store my predictions
Basemaps provided by ESRI

14. Map provided by Prof. Henry Cary at St.Mary’s University
Results-
Trying to find the
French Fort at Pont
Buot

15. C.M.Hand's estimation of Pont
Buot
Materials provided by Prof. Henry Cary at St.Mary’s University

16. Basemaps provided by ESRI

18. There is definitely evidence that
there were a lot of houses nearby
because it’s a busy environment in
the 1750’s.
“They have a strong fort at Beausejour and are everyday adding new works
to it; of this, indeed, I can speak with some certainty as their fort is in sight
of ours. At the fort they have on the Gaspereau River, near Bay Verte, and
about fifteen miles from the fort at Beasejour, they never had above 12 to
14 men at most. No certain number of the inhabitants could ever be
procured. On their festivals upwards of 300 have been seen about their Mass
House- they all have arms and ammunition and orders to repair to the fort
upon any alarm. ”
-Hopson, British Army Officer
Materials provided by Prof. Henry Cary at St.Mary’s University

19. Basemaps provided by ESRI

21. Basemaps provided by ESRI

23. Basemaps provided by ESRI

25. Basemaps provided by ESRI

27. Basemaps provided by ESRI

29. Basemaps provided by ESRI

31. Basemaps provided by ESRI

33. Results-
Butte a Roger and
Butte a Miranda
◦ “Monckton took the next several
days to consolidate his camp at
Mount Whatley. It extended
from the river to the top of
Mount Whatley and was visible
from Fort Lawrence. Winslow
described it; “The army
encamped on the slope
extending from the Missiguash
marsh to the top of the hill, the
regulars being on a level piece
of ground at the foot, the
second battalion on the hillside
and the first on top. The road to
Butte a Roger was on the
right.”43 There is no evidence of
this camp in existence today but
it is possible to ascertain its
most likely location from the
descriptions and by surveying
the ground. Best guess places it
on the north-west side of Mount
Whatley, south of the Eddy road.
Not only does this spot fit the
descriptions but it supports
arguments for the location of
Monckton’s second bridge
across the Missiquash as will be
explained later.”
◦ -Chris Hand
Materials provided by Prof. Henry Cary at St.Mary’s University
Not Found!

34. Conclusion
◦ Goals achieved:
◦ 1. Search for signs of the French redoubt,
Commandant's House and Barracks at Pont du
Buot - this may require reconstructing the original
course of the river to determine where the British
landed on 4 June 1755.
2. Search for signs of the possible British gun
batteries and siege camp at Butte a Mirande.
3. If anything can be discerned on Tonge Island
and the reputed location of a blockhouse on the
high ground north of Fort Beausejour.
• There is always
more to history
than meets the
eye.

35. I would like to Acknowledge the contribution of:
◦ Professor Henry Cary for the vast amount of resources
provided
◦ Chris Hand for his incredibly useful masters thesis
◦ Candace Macdonald for all her support and guidance
◦ Applied Geomatics Research Group as well as NSCC Applied
Research for the opportunity to do this project
◦ Professor Konrad Dramowicz for the road data
◦ Natasha Fee for French translations from the text
◦ Rob Hodder for helping with mosaicking
◦ ESRI for the extensive use of ArcMap
I hope you enjoyed
my presentation
and feel free to ask
me any questions
that you may have