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‘We have not forgotten our ancestors’: Deportation remembered in Annapolis Royal, N.S.
About 30 people gathered at the end of Queen’s Wharf in Annapolis Royal on July 28 to remember more than 1,600 Acadians who ...
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Acadian Expulsion
In the late summer and autumn of 1755, 7000 Acadians were expelled from Nova Scotia. (As portrayed in Canada: A People's History) The New England forces (comprised of American colonists ...
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New monument in Annapolis Royal, N.S., will help share the story of the Acadians
A crucial piece of Acadian history will soon be displayed on a monument overlooking the wharf where part of it occurred. The ...
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Author Antonine Maillet gave a powerful literary voice to Acadians
She saw it as a rejection of General Robert Monckton, who was linked with the deportation of the Acadians in 1755. But after a study, the university’s board rejected the idea as too costly and ...