Fort de Sable and the Siege of Louisbourg
is really Fortress of Louisbourg, NS
Inspired by a real place
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
In the game
Shay fights in the 1758 siege of Louisbourg, and the game's biggest French fort, Fort de Sable, is modelled on the fortress.
The real place
A French fortress town taken by the British in 1758. A quarter of it has been rebuilt as it stood in the 1740s.
Visiting
Go in summer, when costumed staff bring the 18th-century town to life.