Imprisonment
Aware of his risk, Le Loutre escaped to Quebec through the woods. In the late summer, he returned to Louisbourg and sailed to France. His ship was seized by the British in September, and Le Loutre was taken prisoner and held in Elizabeth Castle, Jersey. He was imprisoned for eight years, until after the signing of the Treaty of Paris (1763) that ended the Seven Years' War.
After that, he tried to help Acadians deported to France to settle in areas such as Morlaix, Saint-Malo, and Poitou. On a trip to Poitou to show Acadians the land, Le Loutre died at Nantes on September 30, 1772. He was buried the following day at the Church of St. Leonard, Nantes. Le Loutre willed his worldly possessions to the displaced Acadians.
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