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Louisbourg is a former town in southeastern Cape Breton Island , Nova Scotia , now amalgamated into the larger Cape Breton Regional Municipality .

The name was given by which used Louisbourg Harbour's Ice -free waters as a winter coal port. The spelling Louisbourg is formally recognized as the correct version by the Geographic Names Board of Canada and by Nova Scotia's coordinator for geographic names.

Incorporated in 1901 , the Town of Louisbourg was disincorporated when all municipal units in Cape Breton County were merged into a single tier Regional Municipality in 1995 .