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 Joseph Frederick Wallet Desbarres - Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada Posted by:  neoc1
N 46° 08.562 W 060° 11.941
20T E 716325 N 5113716
A monument honoring and military engineer and prominent author Joseph Frederick Wallet Desbarres is located along the Esplanade between York and Amelia Streets in Sydney, NS, Canada.
Waymark Code: WM16XZD
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 10/27/2022
Views: 2
A monument with a plaque on a upright concrete base is inscribed in English and French:
JOSEPH FREDERICK WALLETT
DESBARRES
1722-1824
A distinguished military engineer, of Huguenot descent,
Desbarres served in the British Army in North Amer-
ica during the Seven Years' War, and participated in
the capture of Louisbourg in 1758 and of Quebec in
1759. From 1763 to 1773 he was employed by the
British Government to survey and chart the coasts of
Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, and as a result earned
great fame as a marine surveyor, second perhaps only
to Captain Cook. He was the first Lieutenant Governor
of Cape Breton, 1784-87, the founder of Sydney,
and Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, 1804
-12. He died in Halifax at the age of 102.
Ingénieur militaire, d'ascendance huguenote, il se dis-
tingua dans l'Armée britannique durant la guerre de
Sept ans en Amérique du Nord, à la prise de Louisbourg
en 1758 et à celle de Québec en 1759. Chargé par
le Gouvernement britannique de faire les levés des
côtes de la Nouvelle-Écosse et de l'île-du-Cap-Breton,
il s'y illustra de 1763 à 1773, ne le cédant, peut-être,
en topographe maritime, qu'au capitaine Cook. Premier
lieutenant-gouverneur de Cap-Breton, de 1784 à 1787,
et le fondateur de Sydney, il fut encore lieutenant-
gouverneur de l'île-du-Prince-Édouard, de 1804 à 1812.
Il avait 102 ans quand il mourut à Halifax.
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
Government of Canada - Gouvernement du Canada
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Desbarres most significant work is the four volume Atlantic Neptune that contains a collection of cartographic plates and observations published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain between 1774 and 1784. DesBarres is also the author of Nautical Remarks and Observations on the Coasts and Harbours of Nova Scotia (1778); and “A Caveat Against Emigration to America" (1804). Visit Instructions:
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