Rivière-aux-Canards (now Canard) is located at the eastern end of the Annapolis Valley. Founded around 1675 by Pierre Terriot and his companions from Port-Royal, Claude Landry, Antoine Landry and René LeBlanc, it was one of the first Acadian settlements in the Minas Basin. According to the 1701 census, more than 45 settlers divided into seven … Read more
The Fortress of Louisbourg (a fortified town rather than a fort), whose fortification work began in 1719 and ended around 1740, became, at its peak, a formidable trading power on the Atlantic coasts. After Boston and Philadelphia, Louisbourg was the busiest port in North America. Its rise threatened the economic development of New England and, … Read more
Following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht ceding peninsular Acadia to Great Britain, France encouraged the settlement of Acadians on Isle Royale in French territory. Port Toulouse was thus founded in 1713 by Acadians from Port-Royal, the Minas Basin, Cobequit, Beaubassin, Cap-Sable and Mouscoudabouet. They settled near a former trading post established in 1650 under the … Read more
Chéticamp is an Acadian region on the shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the western slope of Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia. It is located between Cape Breton Highlands National Park to the north and Grand-Étang and Montagne des Écureuils to the south. These magnificent sites stretch for many kilometres along the … Read more