The British Period / La période britannique

English: , Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Rollo arrived with a force of five hundred soldiers and took possession of Port-la-Joye on behalf of the British on August 17, 1758. The French governor at Louisbourg had given up both Île Royale and Île Saint-Jean when he surrendered Louisbourg in July 1758. Soon after their arrival at Port-la-Joye, some British soldiers began to construct Fort Amherst to protect their new base while others carried out the order to remove all French subjects. This led to a mass deportation of Acadians from what was now known as St. John’s Island., A Historical Footnote , Records indicate that the British soldiers, with no wars to fight, found other ways to pass the time. In fact, several soldiers were court-martialed when, after drinking excessively, they were discovered plotting a mutiny., Explore Fort Amherst , Fort Amherst was built almost on top of the site of the original French fort, and it was from here that for the next ten years the British exercised military and political control over the Island., The square, grassy mound before you is what remains of this British earthwork. The depressions are from the cellars of eight buildings, which included the commandant’s office, officers’ quarters, a bake house, a forge, storehouses and a prison.,