1. 1. The British reverses of earlier years in the "Great French and Indian War," as it was referred to most widely by British colonials, have seemed to leave its issue in doubt, but the overwhelming strength thrown first at Louisbourg (to cut the supply lines to the St. Lawrence and destroy a haven for the French fleet), and then successively at Quebec and Montreal, quickly brought the North American struggle to a close. Descriptions of the fortress of Louisbourg, its development, and its two captures (in 1745 and 1758) are contained inJ. S. MClennan, Louisbourg from Its Foundation to Its Fall (1713-1758)(London, 1918), and Wood, W. C. H.The Great Fortress(Toronto, 1915). In the documents of this period the island is referred to variously as Isle (uncommonly Ile) du Cap-Breton or Isle Royale.
2. 2. The 707 were exclusive of Indians. The notably peripatetic Micmac moved in and out of the island easily and rapidly but had favoured camping spots on the shores of the great interior salt-water embayment ("Lake" Bras-D'Or), and may have been present to the number of some hundreds at certain seasons. (Harvey, C. D. Holland's Description of Cape Breton Island and Other Documents (Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Halifax, 1935), p.67 .) Of the total of European origin, Protestants numbered 287 and Catholics 420; the "Acadians" were the most numerous "origin" group (271) followed by "Americans" 170, Irish 169, English 70, Scots 6, and a mixed bag of 21 Germans and other "foreigners." By 1774 the total counted had grown to 1,012: "French" to 502, Irish to 206, and all others, lumped together as "English," to 304. (Ibid., p.67 .).
3. 3. Isle (or He) St-Jean of the French regime and Prince Edward Island after 1799. SeeD. C. Harvey, The French Regime in Prince Edward Island(New Haven, 1926), and Clark, A. H.Three Centuries and the Island(Toronto, 1959 ).
4. 4. Especially on the islands of St-Pierre and Miquelon which have remained under French sovereignty to the present day.
5. 5. Most of the known manuscript censuses have been collected or copied in PAC (Public Archives of Canada), ser. G-1, pp. 406 -7 , 409 (pt. 3), and 411; some of these have been reprinted in McLennan,Louisbourg. An elaborate nominal census of 1752, by the Sieur de la Rocque had been published in full in PAC,Report for the Year 1905, vol. II (Ottawa, 1906).