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635:, and Sociéte Promotion Grand-Pré. While excavations have been undertaken by Parks Canada since 1971, the field school has been operational for ten years, during which archaeologists have identified the cemetery for the Acadian period, the cellar of an Acadian house immediately to the east of the Memorial Church, and has conducted test pits throughout the site looking for evidence of the parish church, St-Charles-des-Mines; Pierre-Alain Bugeauld (Bujold) was the Church Warden ; was also a Notary (1706) and a Judge/Justice (1707). Acadian artefacts that have been unearthed include fragments of Saintonge ceramic, nails, wine bottle glass, window pane glass, a 1711 French silver coin, spoons, belt buckles, buttons, clay pipes, etc. There seems to also be evidence of the occupation by New England troops, as well as considerable evidence of the New England Planter occupation period beginning in 1760. 297: 2542: 1500: 2517: 1476: 1273: 581:, poet, historian, and jeweller, and whose mother was Acadian, purchased the land believed to be the site of the church of Saint-Charles so that it might be protected. The following year the Nova Scotia legislature passed an act to incorporate the Trustees of the Grand-Pré Historic Grounds. Herbin built a stone cross on the site to mark the cemetery of the church, using stones from the remains of what he believed to be Acadian foundations. 446: 31: 304: 1512: 2529: 1488: 647:
on June 30, 2012, having been added to Canada's tentative list of potential World Heritage Sites in 2004. The 1,300 hectares (3,200 acres) of polderised marshland and archaeological sites in the Grand-Pré area were recognized as an "exceptional example of the adaptation of the first European settlers
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in the region in 1682, the Grand-Pré memorial park was designated the "Grand-Pré National Historic Site" in commemoration of the settlement and later deportation of the Acadians. In 1995, the site and surrounding region were designated the "Grand-Pré Rural Historic District National Historic Site"
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arrived in Grand-Pré with troops on August 19, 1755 and took up headquarters in the church. Winslow also built a palisade, which was recently uncovered through archeological research. The men and boys of the area were ordered into the church on September 5. Winslow informed them that all but their
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was published in the United States in 1847, the story of the Deportation and le Grand Dérangement, the great uprooting, was told to the English-speaking world. Grand-Pré, forgotten for almost a century, became popular for American tourists who wanted to visit the birthplace of the poem's heroine,
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burned the entire village. After the war, in 1713, part of Acadia became Nova Scotia, and Port-Royal, now called Annapolis Royal, became its capital. Over the next 40 years the Acadians refused to sign an unconditional oath of allegiance to the British crown. Some were motivated not to sign for
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throughout the expulsion campaigns. Before the first year was over, however, more than 6,000 Acadians were deported from the Bay of Fundy region. Many villages were burned to the ground to ensure the Acadians would not be able to return. Thousands more would be deported in the second wave of the
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Pierre Melanson and the Acadians who joined him in Grand-Pré built dykes there to hold back the tides along the Minas Basin. They created rich pastures for their animals and fertile fields for their crops. Grand-Pré became the bread basket of Acadia, soon outgrew Port-Royal, and by the mid-18th
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in 1917 on the condition that Acadians be involved in its preservation. Acadian history had already become a staple for tourism traffic on the Dominion Atlantic and the Grand Pre site was located beside the railway's mainline. The railway made substantial investments in developing the park and
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and, after his death, finished by his son Henri. The railway deeded a piece of the land and funds were raised to build a memorial church in Grand-Pré. Construction began in the spring of 1922 and the exterior was finished by November. The interior of the church was finished in 1930, the 175th
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personal goods were to be forfeited to the Crown and that they and their families were to be deported as soon as ships arrived to take them away. (At exactly the same time, the Acadians in the neighbouring village of
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promoting the history and lore of Acadians. Extensive gardens were planted at the site and a small museum was opened. In 1920 the Dominion Atlantic erected a statue of Evangeline conceived by Canadian sculptor
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took over operation of the park. It was designated a National Historic Site in 1982. The Visitor Reception and Interpretation Center features exhibits about the history of Grand-Pré and
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fear of losing their religion, some were afraid of repercussions from their native allies, some did not want to take up arms against the French and others were anti-British (see
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As railway tourism declined in the face of subsidized highway construction, the Dominion Atlantic sold the park to the Canadian federal government in 1957. The
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Evangeline. But nothing remained of the original village except the dykelands and a row of old willows. There is a bust of
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in 1999, and encompasses the area in and around the hamlet of Grand-Pré as well as the Grand-Pré National Historic Site.
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to the conditions of the North American Atlantic coast" and as "a memorial to Acadian way of life and deportation".
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which features one of the oldest land occupation and use patterns of European origin in Canada.
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Grand-Pré National Historic Site is also the location of an archaeological site sponsored by
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In 2018, Canadian historian and novelist A. J. B. Johnston published a YA novel entitled
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Explore the Landscape of Grand Pré in the UNESCO collection on Google Arts and Culture
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The "Grand Pré Heritage Conservation District" was designated under the provincial
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Glen Parker. "Treasures of Grand Pre". The Chronicle Herald. May 24, 2010, p. A6.
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century was the largest of the numerous Acadian communities around the
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The "Landscape of Grand Pré" was listed as a World Heritage Site by
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anniversary of the Deportation, and the church opened as a museum.
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Grand-Pré Rural Historic District National Historic Site of Canada
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Grand-Pré Rural Historic District National Historic Site of Canada
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Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
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In 1982, on the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the first
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and the coastline of Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland").
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The Acadiensis Reader: Atlantic Canada Before Confederation
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Location of Grand-Pré National Historic Site in Nova Scotia
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the French made numerous attempts to regain Acadia (See
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Some Acadians escaped the deportation and continued
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Evangeline
Louis-Philippe Hébert
René-Arthur Fréchet
Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia
45°06′34″N 64°18′37″W / 45.109444°N 64.310278°W / 45.109444; -64.310278
Parks Canada
UNESCO World Heritage Site
session
1404
National Historic Site of Canada
National Historic Site of Canada
Nova Scotia Heritage Property Act
Grand-Pré National Historic Site is located in Nova Scotia
Grand-Pré
Nova Scotia
Acadian
deportation
French and Indian War
Wolfville
Hortonville
World Heritage Site
National Historic Sites of Canada
Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia
Port-Royal
Acadia
Bay of Fundy
Queen Anne's War
Raid on Grand Pré
Benjamin Church

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