Business Opportunity

A Great Chance to Live and Thrive in Cape Breton

Jim & Rita are retiring and offering their

pristine tourist cottage business for sale.

Priced to sell and located in beautiful and historic downtown Louisbourg.

this is your chance to move to a better way of life.

We have wondeful fresh air and clean water and a moderate climate

(milder in the winter and cooler in the summer)

The Fortress of Louisbourg National Park attracts thousands of tourists 

each year and the Town of Louisbourg is an under-exploited resource.

All 10 of the  two bedroom housekeeping units are in tip top condition,

This is a turnkey business you can start immediately.

 

 These units are extremely well built and winterized they could be turned into seniors housing.

Jim and Rita Price

7518 Main St.,

Louisbourg, N.S.

B1C 1J2

(902)733-2330

 Fax (902) 733-22414

Toll Free 1-888-297-7775

E-Mail midtowncottages@yahoo.com

Louisbourg History

Step back in time to 1744! Experience Louisbourg, a thriving seaport and capital of Ile Royale (Cape Breton Island).The Fortress of Louisbourg was one of the busiest harbours in North America and one of France's key centres of trade and military strength in the New World. Today, the Site is an exciting and entertaining lesson in history. Discover its many secrets! The French came to Louisbourg in 1713, after ceding Acadia and Newfoundland to the British by the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht, which ended the War of the Spanish Succession. France's only remaining possessions in what is now Atlantic Canada were the islands of Cape Breton and Prince Edward, which were then called Isle Royale and Isle Saint-Jean. The French used these islands as a base to continue the lucrative cod fishery of the Grand Banks. In 1719 they began to construct at Louisbourg a fortified town which was only completed on the eve of the first siege in 1745. The town and settlement along the harbour shore soon became a thriving community.

The cod fishery accounted for most of Isle Royale's prosperity. Dried before export, the fish was salted and laid on stages which lined the beaches of Louisbourg and its out ports. Louisbourg became a hub of commerce, trading in manufactures and various materials imported from France, Quebec, the West Indies and New England.

The community of Louisbourg with a population of 1265 is located on the southeast coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. It is easily accessible by road and air. Louisbourg is located beside the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site. Besides this interesting historic treasure, beautiful island and magnificent seascapes and beaches also await you in Louisbourg. The Cape Breton Highlands National Park and the Cabot Trail are also within easy driving distance, as is the Alexander Graham Bell Museum at Baddeck.

Fortress Louisbourg

By 1744, the year this painstakingly reconstructed fortress immortalizes, the city rivalled New York and Philadelphia. More than 4,000 French citizens lived here, their numbers swelling two-fold during fishing season.

Alas, Louisbourg was doomed, captured by New Englanders in 1745, and the British in 1758. Even inexperienced troops couldn't miss when firing cannons at this colossus. Destroyed and abandoned after the war, it rose again as a national historic site two centuries later.

10 reasons to Move to Louisbourg

1: Living by the ocean is a joy in itself.

 The sea and the harbour is beautiful and always changing. There is always a new ship or a whale or something, plus the best looking lighthouse in Nova Scotia.

 Louisbourg is the most historic harbour in Canada. Battles here settled the course of Canada and the United States.

 2: Complete range of houses and properties from $10,00 to $500,000. You can find houses that are half of what they are in Ontario especially if you want to downscale. Low property taxes that can be fixed for seniors. 

 3: Weather. The weather in Louisbourg is consistantly better then weather in Southern Ontario. It is milder and has less snow in the winter and is cooler in summer. We might have a bit more fog and more wind but almost all major storms and hurricanes miss us even lighting storms are rare. No tornadoes,  No floods, no avalanches.

4: Fresh Clean  Air all the time. Excellent fresh soft Water right from the Tap   Fresh seafood, Best Lobster in the world, crab halibut etc.

5: Terrific Infrastructure. Highspeed internet and cable right at the door. Garbarge collection, Snow ploughing roads and sidewalks always clean. You can walk the streets anytime of year.

 6: Many Organizations and Churches, Volunteer Work galore good community Services.

 7: Major hospital 30 minutes away. Fast local Ambulance service (no traffic) Volunteer Fire Department. Airport is 30 minutes away. City is 30 minutes away.

 8: Playhouse all summer,  Recreation:   4 major golf course within an hour away. Unlimited Hiking, Hunting and Fishing. Swimming on clean sandy beaches. Great Hockey in Sydney

 9: Great opportunities for Artists and Hobbyists. The tourist business is much under exploited

 10: Friendly people, Everbody waves to everybody. Virtually zero crime rate.