Links to Relevant Websites
Grassy Island

Grassy Island Virtual Tour
Includes an aerial photograph of the Fort William Augustus site
    http://collections.ic.gc.ca/archaeology/second/impact/nhs/
          virtual/virtualtour.html

Canso Islands National Historic Site of Canada by Parks Canada
    http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/canso/natcul/index_e.asp

The British Administration in Nova Scotia: 1714-1739
by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
...Philipps was also undoubtedly discouraged by the violence which
broke out at Canso.  The Micmacs, increasingly incensed by the incursions
of Massachusetts fishermen into Nova Scotia waters, attacked and killed
a number of them while capturing their fishing boats.  Philipps retaliated
by building a small fort at Canso and by garrisoning it with three
companies of troops from Annapolis...
    http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/trts/hti/Marit/bris_e.html

Timeline: Grassy Island and Canso, 1600-1699
    http://collections.ic.gc.ca/archaeology/second/history/1600timeline.html

Timeline: Grassy Island and Canso, 1713-1744
    http://collections.ic.gc.ca/archaeology/second/history/171344.html

Timeline: Grassy Island and Canso, 1745-1963
    http://collections.ic.gc.ca/archaeology/second/history/174500.html

Brief Biographies

Richard Philipps by Peter Landry
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Philipps.htm

Richard Philipps Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35709

Alexander Cosby by Peter Landry
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Cosby.htm

Alexander Cosby Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35400

Lawrence Armstrong by Peter Landry
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Armstrong.htm

Lawrence Armstrong Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34734

Edward How by Peter Landry
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/How.htm

Edward How Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35532

Jean Paul Mascarene by Peter Landry
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Mascarene.htm

Paul Mascarene Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35647

Nicholas Denys by Peter Landry
    http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Denys.htm

Nicolas Denys Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34290

Patrick Heron Dictionary of Canadian Biography
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35523

Agathe de Saint-Etienne de la Tour (1690-c.1743)
a.k.a. Agathe Bradstreet, Agathe Campbell
    http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35211

Grassy Island National Historic Site

Cape Breton in Transition: Economic Diversification and Prospects for Tourism
...By the early 1990s Grassy Island National Historic Site was in operation.
The mainland visitor centre provided visitors with an opportunity to familiarize
themselves with the site's story before taking a boat to the Island.
Once on the Island, visitors could view the traces of the fort on top of the
hill and inspect the sites of other structures which once stood on the Island.
None of the original structures have been reconstructed, but Parks Canada
has carried out additional archaeological investigations in 1993 and 1994,
providing summer employment and additional government spending in the
Canso area.  Much still remains to be done, however, before tourism begins
to make a substantial contribution to the economy of the Canso area.
Grassy Island attracts only 3,000 to 4,000 visitors annually...
    http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/search/Proc95_10.htm