Grand-Pré (French: [ɡʁɑ̃pʁe]) is a Canadian rural community in Kings County, Nova Scotia. Its French name translates to "Great/Large Meadow" and the community...
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Grand-Pré National Historic Site is a park set aside to commemorate the Grand-Pré area of Nova Scotia as a centre of Acadian settlement from 1682 to 1755...
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forces and Canadian, Mi'kmaq and Acadian forces at present-day Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia in the winter of 1747 during the War of the Austrian Succession...
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Acadian militia. The siege happened at Fort Vieux Logis, Grand-Pré (present-day Hortonville, Nova Scotia). The native and Acadia militia laid siege to Fort...
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aside to commemorate the Grand-Pré area of Nova Scotia as a centre of Acadian settlement from 1682 to 1755 Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, a Canadian rural community...
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Church is a New England meeting house style structure located in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, and is the oldest extant Presbyterian Church in Canada. The meeting...
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Expulsion of the Acadians (redirect from Grand Dérangement)
awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1979. Grand-Pré Park is a National Historic Site of Canada situated in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, and preserved as a living monument...
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Just Us! (category Companies based in Nova Scotia)
importer of fair trade coffee, tea, sugar, and chocolate. Based in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Just Us! products are sold throughout Canada, typically in shops...
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Wolfville (redirect from Horton, Nova Scotia)
Wolfville is a Canadian town in the Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of the provincial capital...
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Annapolis Valley (redirect from Grande Pre, Nova Scotia)
become home to the majority of Nova Scotia wineries, located in either the Gaspereau Valley or in the Canning, Grand Pré, or Bear River areas. The Valley...
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more recognition and respect in the United States. In 1920, at Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, Acadians reconstructed the French church with a statue of Evangeline...
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Taigh na Roinne) in Halifax is where the Nova Scotia legislative assembly, known officially as the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, has met every year since...
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Glooscap Heritage Centre, Grand-Pré National Historic Site, Hector Heritage Quay and the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia. Other museums tell the story...
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settler of Acadia, and progenitor of the Muise and d’Entremont families of Nova Scotia. Philippe Mius d’Entremont was born in Normandy, France, and he was expelled...
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numerous battles against the British in the Raid on Grand Pré, Battle of Grand Pré, and the Siege of Grand Pré. After forcibly expelling the Acadians, British...
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Arthur Noble (category People from pre-statehood Maine)
in Nova Scotia during King George's War (the North American theater of the War of the Austrian Succession). He was killed in the Battle of Grand Pré. He...
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Massacre, a 1751 attack Grand-Pré Massacre, a 1747 attack This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nova Scotia killings. If an internal...
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escape the Expulsion. Their allies, the Mi’kmaq, raced on canoe from Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia to warn them what was coming in 1755. Rumours persist that the fleeing...
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Bay of Fundy campaign (category Military history of Nova Scotia)
house in the villages surrounding Grand Pré. At exactly the same time as Winslow read the expulsion orders in Grand Pré, September 5 at 15:00 hrs, Captain...
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Pierre LeBlanc (category People from Kings County, Nova Scotia)
Acadian pioneer and co-founder of Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia. He was born in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia around 1720, the son of Jacques Le Blanc and Élisabeth...
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Nova Scotia covers a period from thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day Nova Scotia...
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Nova Scotia (also known as Mi'kma'ki and Acadia) is a Canadian province located in Canada's Maritimes. The region was initially occupied by Mi'kmaq. The...
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Atlas of Nova Scotia Geology of Nova Scotia Protected areas of Nova Scotia World Heritage Sites of Nova Scotia: Joggins Fossil Cliffs Grand-Pré National Historic...
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Yarmouth is a port town located on the Bay of Fundy in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. Yarmouth is the shire town of Yarmouth County and is the largest...
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King George's War (category Conflicts in Nova Scotia)
skirmish. Other raids included the 1747 French and Mi'kmaq raid on Grand Pré, Nova Scotia; and a raid in 1748 by Indian allies of the French against Schenectady...
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Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Kings County at the mouth of the Gaspereau River and is part of the Landscape of Grand Pré UNESCO World Heritage...
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Robert Borden (category Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia)
his leadership of Canada during World War I. Borden was born in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. He worked as a schoolteacher for a period and then served his articles...
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New Minas (redirect from New Minas, Nova Scotia)
Mountain. Nova Scotia's Highway No. 1 runs through the village forming the main street. New Minas was founded in 1682 by Acadians from the Grand Pré area,...
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of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia, and together with the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia makes up the Nova Scotia Legislature. The assembly is...
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Acadians (redirect from Franco-Nova Scotian)
one was installed in St. Martinville, Louisiana and the other in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. The Acadian Memorial (Monument Acadien) has an eternal flame; it...
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