Fort LaTour
Fort LaTour is located in Saint John, New Brunswick. In 1631, the governor of Acadia was named Charles de LaTour. He established a fort at Portland Port, which was near the mouth of the St. John River. The Fort was an excellent location, ideal for fur trading in New France. Madame Francois Marie de LaTour was the wife of Cahrles de LaTour. While he was away in Boston, D’Aulnay de Charnisay attacked the fort, and on the fifth day of battle, it was finally overtaken. Madame LaTour surrendered only under the condition that Charnisay let the men praying at the Easter Service to live.
Charnisay agreed, but moments later he went back on his word and killed every man in front of Madame LaTour. Madame LaTour died shortly after, and was buried near the fort, although her grave site has never officially been found. Charnisay would then go on to build Fort Saint Jean on the western side of the harbor. He died not too long after, drowning during a canoe trip on the river. The ghost of Madame LaTour is seen as a woman in a gray gown, walking around the former Navy Island in Jervis Bay. Several coffins have been dug up in the area, but none of these remains proved to be that of Madame LaTour. Today, the site of the fort stands as a national monument.
(Source: Belanger, Jeff. Encyclopedia of Haunted Places. 2005.)
