Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry

Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry Oil on canvas, around 1745 Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, 67.101

In 1716, Chaussegros de Léry, was named chief engineer of New France. He reported to the King of France on the colony's* defence. In 1745, after the fall of Louisbourg, he headed the construction of Québec's fortifications, built from plans he himself had drawn up 30 years earlier. The walls built in 1745 are still standing today.

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