Jean-Louis Le Loutre

Jean-Louis Le Loutre

Abbé Jean-Louis Le Loutre (September 26, 1709 – September 30, 1772) was a Catholic priest and missionary for the Paris Foreign Missions Society. In the eighteenth-century struggle for power between the French, Acadians and Mi'kmaq against the British over Acadia and Nova Scotia, Le Loutre became the leader of the French forces and the Acadian/ Mi'kmaq militias during King George's War and Father Le Loutre’s War.

Read more about Jean-Louis Le Loutre:  Historical Context, Île Royal, Father Le Loutre's War, Imprisonment