A short drone film of Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, a lobster fishing community, surveys its most beautiful views and landmarks. 

Link to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9AROXUlQ9U&t=17s

Link to: Punch, T. (2023, April / May). "A French surname may not mean an Acadian pedigree: Generalizing is a human tendency, but it’s a poor habit to get into. It may stem from mental laziness, or simply from our need to arrange information in ways we can readily grasp. The trouble is that, sometimes, we get things wrong." Saltscapes. https://www.saltscapes.com/roots-folks/1447-not-all-acadians.html

“It was said that the Mallets descended from 'savages' and my father said that his grandmother carried the pen. All these stories aroused my curiosity,” says historian Lisette Mallet, invited by the Toronto Historical Society to her monthly talk at the Alliance française. Click here to read the rest of Lisette's story: https://l-express.ca/des-metis-acadiens-a-toronto/

Link to: l'express.ca. (2016, 26 avril). "Des Métis acadiens à Toronto." l'express.ca. https://l-express.ca/des-metis-acadiens-a-toronto/

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Published in the History of the Diocese of Hartford in 1900 in a chapter entitled, "The Acadians in Connecticut," beginning on page 63, were the names of the Connecticut towns where Acadians were exiled in 1755 and records of expenses. Historians spared no ghastly detail when they described how impoverished Acadian exiles were bound out, persecuted, and subjected to small pox.

Numbering among the published viewpoints of several, leading historians of the time, was an excerpt from a letter dated September 8, 1855, that was written by the Most Rev. William Walsh, Archbishop of Halifax, on the centennial anniversary of the Acadian expulsion.  He notes that following their exile in the United States, several Acadian families were able to find their way back to Nova Scotia, where they settled the untouched forests and shores of Baie Sainte Marie.

Reference: O'Donnell, Rev. James H. (1900). History of the Diocese of Hartford. Boston: The D. H. Hurd Company. https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_the_Diocese_of_Hartford/eZBMAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1

Submitted by family researcher, Edward Vidal.

"When the British arrived in 1753 and established the town of Lunenburg, all but one Acadian had left the area: a man known as “old Labrador.” Who was he? Click here to read the rest of the article: https://historicnovascotia.ca/items/show/171

Sources:

Link to: Link to: Joan Dawson, “"Old Labrador" of Lunenburg,” Historic Nova Scotia, accessed March 28, 2023, https://historicnovascotia.ca/items/show/171

Link to: JCB Library. (1753). "Plan of Lunenburg Harbour in Nova Scotia 1753." JCB Map Collection. Accession Number: C-6407. https://jcb.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/JCBMAPS~1~1~2306~101020:Plan-of-Lunenburg-Harbour-in-Nova-S#