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TheuniqueFortAnneHeritageTapestry, designedbyKiyokoSago,wasstitchedbyover100volunteers.
Fort Anne’s Heritage Tapestry
depicts 4 centuries of history in
three million delicate needlepoint
stitchesoutof95coloursofwool.It
measuresabout18’inwidthand8’
in height and was a labor of love
over 4 years in the making. It is a
work of immense proportions, but
Annapolis Royal is a community
withanepicstorytorelate.
FortAnne
Tapestry
4793Highway19025325575
GranvilleFerry,NovaScotia
ConveniencePlus
Gasoline&Ice
BakedGoods
LocalProduce(inSeason)
Kindling&Firewood
LotteryTickets
Camping&FishingSupplies
Market&Gas
OpenDaily
6am11pm
Local-Handmade-Unique-Elegant
AnnapolisRoyal
532-5185 Digby
245-2431
CREATEDFROM
WorldFamousDigbyScallops
ScallopPearl
Jewellery
EXCLUSIVE
www.digbyscalloppearl.ca
FancyJewellers
Annapolis/Digby
213StGeorgeStreet,AnnapolisRoyal19025322070
HollyandHenry
Fromheadtotoe
Bainton'shasyoucovered!
LotsofCanadiandesignslike
Tilley,Tribal,Pure,Brume&
Braveandmanymore.
Thebestselectionof
booksfeaturinglocaland
internationalauthors.
HandselectedbyOwner
focusingontheinterests
ofthecommunity.
“Atownisn'tatownwithouta
bookstore."~NeilGaiman.
www.baintons.ca
ExplorerVisitorsGuide
Celebrates30Years
YourYear‘Round,24/7
INFORMATIONDESTINATION
fortheAnnapolisRoyalAreasince1995!
explorerguide
HowDoIGetToAnnapolisRoyal?
FundyRoseFerryinDigby 35Minutes
TheCatFerryinYarmouth 90Minutes
HalifaxInternationalAirport 120Minutes
KejimkujikNationalPark&NHS 45Minutes
Phone:9025322043,Fax:9025327443
www.annapolisroyal.com
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Annapolis
Royal
Halifax
NOVASCOTIA
Digby
Yarmouth
ANNAPOLISROYALISCONVENIENTLYLOCATED
www.ExploreAnnapolisRoyal.com
Photos:Cover:TravisZ.BakerMedia/RemaxBannerRealEstate,TrishFry
HistoricGardens,TourismNovaScotia,@daveyandsky,AcornArt&Photography
ParksCanada,DanFroese,ScottMunn,ChrisReardon,Alan&DurlineMelanson
AndrewTolson,DebRyan,MarkDavidson,RoveProductions,Calvin&JoanSutherland
Paintings:WillvonDehlcourtesyBreakwaterStudios,Ltd.,BenProudfoot
RegisteredHeritageRoadsideInn(1854)
withantiquefurnishingsoffering
CasualFineDiningandLodging.
OurthreeintimateDiningRooms
andScreenedVerandahserve
Breakfast,Lunch,Dinner,
andBrunchonSundaysseasonally
tothepublic.
7Guestrooms,
allwithprivatebath
AcrossfromhistoricFortAnne
350St.GeorgeSt.AnnapolisRoyal,NSB0S1A0902-532-5750
www.garrisonhouseinn.ca
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continuouslypublished coop
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and visitors for the tremendous
supportwehavereceivedoverthe
past30years.Enjoyyourvisit!
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Explore&Enjoy
Halifax
Exit22
Yarmouth
Windsor
Grand-Pré
ChurchPoint
Pubnico
103
AnnapolisRoyal
2hrs.fromHalifax
1.5hrs.fromYarmouth
The 2024 Acadian World
CongresswillbeheldAugust10
18intheClare/ArgyleRegionof
SouthwestNovaScotia.ThePort
Royal/Annapolis Royal Area,
“The Cradle ofAcadie”, isonly
aboutanhourawayfromClare.
Usingthehistoric,scenicand
funAnnapolisRoyalAreaasyour
homebase,youcaneasilyexplore
theGrandPréandPiziquidregions
(Windsor/Falmouth)totheeastand
theClare/Argyleareastothewest.
The Historical Association
of Annapolis Royal’s Acadian
VisitorsGuideisincludedinthis
year’sExploreronpages3247.
NewAcadianGuide
2024WorldCongress
LUNCH&DINNER
Deliciousfood,greatvalue,
generousportions,
promptandfriendlyservice!
CATERING&TAKEOUTAVAILABLE
AcrossfromFortAnneexit
5325254
ANNAPOLISROYAL’S
LONGESTOPERATINGRESTAURANT
HILLSDALEHOUSEINN
519St.GeorgeStreet,AnnapolisRoyal
NovaScotia,B0S1A0
P:9025322345F:9025320752
E:info@hillsdalehouseinn.ca
Tollfreereservations:
18778392821
www.hillsdalehouseinn.ca
AProvincialHeritageProperty
(circa.1859)
13wellappointedguestrooms
withprivateensuitebaths
Complimentaryhotbreakfast
servedinourelegantdiningroom
3parloursandoutdoorcovered
veranda
CableTVandCDclockradiosin
allrooms;DVDplayers&DVD
libraryavailable
HighspeedwirelessInternet
Earlymorningcoffeeservice
Licensed
Ampleparking
PetFriendly
INASTORIEDLAND
ASTORIEDHOUSE
Locatedona12acreestate
withmanicuredlawns,stately
treesandnumerousgardens.
Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia is a beautiful waterfront
community nestled in the Annapolis Valley. Originally
inhabitedbyastrongMi’kmaqcommunity,in1605thearea
becamehometosomeofNorthAmerica’searliestEuropean
settlers.TheAnnapolisRoyalareahasgainedareputationas
avibrantcentreforculturalactivity,andovertheyearsithas
becomeamagnetforvisualartists,craftspeople,performers
and writers. We’re proud of our many wellpreserved
heritage buildings that make up one of the loveliest
streetscapes in the country. We’re also pleased to be
recognizedasacommunitywherevolunteerismisaliveand
well.Withanamazinghistoryandanexcitingpresentday,
Annapolis Royal is a pleasure to behold for the visitor, a
dynamiccommunitywithgrowingopportunityforbusiness
investment,andahomesecondtononeforitsresidents.
CRADLEOFOURNATION
ACADIAN
Welcometothe
Port-Royal/AnnapolisRoyalArea
EXPLOREwiththeACADIANVISITORSGUIDE
Includedinthisyear’sEXPLORER
WORLD
“TheCRADLEofACADIE”
CONGRESS
OceanviewCottages
Tent&TrailerCamping
SeasonalRVCamping
HeatedPool,Playground
Arcade
PetFriendly
FamousDelapsCove
WildernessTrail
OnBayofFundy15minutes
northofAnnapolisRoyal
FUNDYTRAIL
CAMPGROUND&COTTAGES
Delaps
Cove
9025327711
camp@fundytrail.com www.fundytrail.com
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ANNAPOLISROYAL
INNandSUITES
Email:Paulette@
AnnapolisRoyalInn.com Ph: 9025322323
Fax:9025327277
3924Hwy1,AnnapolisRoyal
18888578889
PeacefulComfort,HistoryandExcitement!
www.AnnapolisRoyalInn.com
Beautifullymaintainedgrounds
Quiet,restfulroomswith2doubleor1queensizebed
Tworoomsuitewithkitchen
Outdoorsaltwaterswimmingpool
ComplimentaryWiFi&continentalbreakfast
itLIVE!
209StGeorgeStreet
kingstheatre.ca
Experience
KingsTheatreAnnapolisRoyal/
Jah’Mila
Aug.24
Festivals&Events
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This year FODAR celebrates
ten years bringing the best in
contemporary dance to Nova
Scotia. Recognized as one of
Canada’s major dance festivals,
FestivalofDanceAnnapolisRoyal
July13(9am5:30pm)
ANNAPOLISRIVER
FESTIVAL
NATALDAYWEEKEND
SundayonParade/NewRoute
Aug.24 Eventscoordinatedby
NatalDaysCommittee,
74thCrusadersRally&
EncampmentatFortAnne
Aug.4 Parade&Fireworks
Aug.25 AdditionalEvents
The7thannualAnnapolisRiver
Festival, sponsored by the Clean
AnnapolisRiverProject,returnsto
JubileeParkinBridgetown.It’sfun
forallageswithfreeadmission,races,
music,displays,kidsactivitiesanda
foodanddrinktent.9025327533
orwww.annapolisriver.ca/riverfest
July1620
FESTIVALOFDANCE
10THAnniversary
FODARopenswithitsMarket
Dances,enpleinair,July16and17.
Enjoy the quirky, humorous and
new wave under the setting sun
besidea stunningwatersideview.
ThenFODARbringsitsMainStage
productions to historic King’s
Theatre,July18–20,fourshows–
two distinct programs! Riveting
dance,mesmerizingchoreography,
and an unforgettable experience.
Follow on FB, IG and X –
@fodardance. For MainStage
ticketinfovisitkingstheatre.ca
features world premieres, inter
nationaldancersandchoreographers
attheforefrontofthedanceworld.
Itoffersalivelyandeclecticmixof
dancegenres andshowcases both
classic and vanguard works.
FODAR 2024 presents acclaimed
artists and choreographers from
previous seasons as well as new
creationsandguestartists.
ANNAPOLIS
ROYAL
HISTORIC
GARDENS
www.historicgardens.com
441St.GeorgeStreet,AnnapolisRoyal,NovaScotia
SeventeenAcresofParadise
OneofCanada’sTopTenGardensWorthTravellingForin2024
EXHIBITIONS
April13May25
June1July20
July27Aug.31
Sept7Oct26
Nov2Dec20
@ARTSPLACEGallery arcac.artsplace
396St.GeorgeSt.AnnapolisRoyal,NS9025327069
arcacartsplace@gmail.comwww.arcac.ca
Celebratingtheartssince1982.
13Artists:TheBSides
NancyCole,NegarDevineTajgardan,JessieFraser
&MariaSimmons:CultivatedThreads
Members’Exhibition
PennyBerens,JudithMartin:IntheMiddleoftheWorld
RoxaneFiore:AllThatWeAre
PAINTTHETOWN
Forworkshops,arttalks,seminars,lifedrawingsessions,
exhibitions&morethroughouttheyear,checktheweb.
RECEPTIONS
April13,June1,Jule27,Sept.7,Nov.2
122pm
Aug.1718,Legion,ARTSPLACE&throughouttown
CanadaDay PainttheTownNatalDays
M
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E
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V
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S
ClickQRforMoreEvents/Schedules
AnnapolisRoyalPride
SaturdayMornings
May11toOctober129amto1pm
AlsoWednesdays
July3toAugust289amto1pm
annapolisroyalfarmersmarket.com
Adelightforthesenses
ST
Celebratinga
Saturday
morning
tradition
baking,honey,artisancrafts,
knitting,quilts,maplesyrup,
produce(someorganic),
pottery,poultry,meat,
Hereyou'llfind
Sushi,Thai&SyrianFood.
eggs,localroastedcoffee,
soap,chocolates,salsa,
jewellery,photos,artcards,
furniture,antiques,desserts,
treats,beer,wineandspirits,
curry,sausages,
MARKET
AnnapolisRoyal
FarmersandTraders
No.AmericanConkersChampionship
Oct.19,10amHistoricGardens
PainttheTownAug.1718
NationalAcadianDayAug.15
74thCrusaders’AnnualNatalDays
MotorcycleRallyAug.24
July28FortAnne
NewAcadianMonumentUnveiling
TuppervilleSchoolMuseum’sOld
FashionedIceCreamSocialJuly27
BandfestJuly1921
AnnapolisRoyalPrideJuly1214
CanadaDayJuly1
PierreDuguadeMonsDay,June18
BlackflyFestivalLegion,May18,110
DuguaWivesLibrary,May19,3pm
Wine&RosesGardens,TBA
TownCrier,EverySat.10am&Noon,
Farmers&TradersMarket
MusicattheLegion,Fri.Nights
MusicatThe“O”Fri.,68pm*
LineDancingatThe“O”,Thurs.,78pm*
Farmers&TradersMarket,seep.10
CandlelightGraveyardTour,9pmDaily
ONGOINGEVENTS...
*ForDates,MoreEvents&Schedules
King’sTheatre,www.kingstheatre.ca
ClickQRCodeorvisitthewebsite.
www.ExploreAnnapolisRoyal.com
150metresWestofTrafficLight
38PRINCEALBERTRDANNAPOLISROYAL9025322111
NEW
ClosedMon.&Tues.
TAKEOUT
ONLY
ACADIAN/MI’KMAQTOUR
THEHISTORICALASSOCIATIONOFANNAPOLISROYAL’SHISTORICWALKINGTOURS
(ScottMunn)
Checkwebsite
fordatesandtimes.
PrivateToursalso
available.9025323035
NATIONALHISTORICDISTRICT
EXPLorer,2024OfficialVisitorsGuide,Page5
OPENFORLUNCH&DINNER.Reservationshighlyrecommended!
TEL:(902)532-1251235St.GeorgeStreet,AnnapolisRoyal
www.restaurantcompose.com
Weofferavarietyoffresh
seafood&lobsterspecials
basedontraditional
EUROPEANCUISINE.
Enjoytheincredible
waterview!
Haveanunforgettable
experienceonourdeck!
Weofferavarietyoffresh
seafood&lobsterspecials
basedontraditional
EUROPEANCUISINE.
Enjoytheincredible
waterview!
Haveanunforgettable
experienceonourdeck!
Q U E E N A N N E I N N
BOOKYOURMEMORIESTODAY
www.queenanneinn.ns.ca
1-902-532-7850
494 St George Street, Annapolis Royal, N.S.
Welcome–Pjila’si–Bienvenue–CéadMíleFáilte
Festivals&Events
HISTORICGARDENS
Allevents95unlessotherwisenoted.
April20May5,MagnificentMagnolias
May4,SeasonKickoff
May12,Mother’sDay
May1820,VictoriaDayWeekend
May18June9,Rhododendrons
June15,#naturephotographyday
June15,Canada’sGardenDay
June16,Father’sDay
June21,#nationalselfieday
June22July7,CelebratingRoses
July1,CanadaDay~GardensStyle!
July1328,DreamingofDaylilies
Aug.25,NatalDaysGardensStyle!
Aug.5,25pm,NatalDayHomecoming
Aug.115,ExploretheCradleofAcadie
Aug.1018,InspiredbyArt
Aug.1718,PainttheTown
Aug.19,#worldphotoday
Aug.24Sept.2,EdibleGardening
Aug.31Sept.2,FamilyWeekend
Sept.8,GrandparentsDay
Oct.1227,ASymphonyofFall
Oct.19,10am,ConkersChampionship
Oct.2631,GardenSkelebration
Dec.31,13pm,CourtyardBonfire
www.historicgardens.com
MUSICATST.LUKE’S
ANGLICANCHURCH
Allprogramsbeginat4pm.
Admissionbydonation.
CLASSICALSUNDAYS
May12PeterAllen
June9HeatherTaves
July14AnyaAlexeyev
Aug.11JenniferKing
Sept.15RiaKim
Oct.13StephanSylvestre
Nov.10TBA
Dec.8PeterAllen
EVENSONG
MusicbyThomasTallissungbythe
St.Luke’sChoralEvensongChoir,
conductedbyDr.HeidiFewster.
May26,June23,July28,Aug.25
Sept.22,Oct.27andNov.24
www.stlukesannapolisroyal.com
50THANNIVERSARY
74thCRUSADERS
19742024
Formedin1974withabout20
chartermembers,the74thCrusaders
haveavidlysharedtheirinterestin
motorcycleswiththousandsoverthe
club’s50years.Dedicatedtothesafe
operationofmotorcyclesandwidely
knownfortheircharitableactivities
throughoutNovaScotiaandbeyond,
membersareproudoftheirscenic
facilities and welcome visiting
cyclists. Their Annual Riverside
RallyNatalDayweekendandride
throughAnnapolis Royal on Sat.,
Aug.3,isahighlight.9025327269.
50thYear!www.74thCrusaders.ca
KEJIMKUJIKNP/NHSEVENTS
June8Keji’sBackyardUltra
June21Nat’lIndigenousPeoples
July1CanadaDayFreeEntry
Aug.3Keji’sBirthday
Aug.2415thDarkSkyWeekend
Sept.7BirchBarkCanoeLaunch
Sept.8KejiTriathlon
Oct.1113ThanksgivingWeekend
FORTANNENHSEVENTS
July1CanadaDayFreeEntry
July21MassedBandConcert
July28AcadianMonumentUnveiling
Aug.24NatalDayEncampment
Aug.3NatalDayMockBattle
Aug.4NatalDayParade&Prizes
Aug.4NatalDayFireworks
Aug.15NationalAcadianDay
TraditionalMusic(13pm,Thurs):
July4SébastienDoland
AndréMuise(Acadian)
July18AndyWebster(Scottish)
Aug.1VickieDeveau
(Country&French)
Aug.15HarveyMarcotte
(Fiddle,Guitar,Mandolin)
Aug.29TaproomGrowlers
(SongsoftheSea)
Sept.12JacquelynMartell
(Fiddle)
PORTROYALGUIDEDTOUR
MeetingwiththeGovernor
PARKSCANADA
EVENTS&TOURS
FortAnneNHSKejimkujikNP&NHS PortRoyalNHS
FORTANNEGUIDEDTOURS
ExplorationofaVaubanFort
PortRoyalandAnnapolisRoyal:
TheCradleofAcadia
BehindScenes:WhiteGloveTour
PORTROYALNHSEVENTS
July1CanadaDayFreeEntry
July18PierreDuguaDay,2pm
FORMORE2024EVENTS
~PlusSchedules~
ClickExplorerQRCodeonpage4
www.ExploreAnnapolisRoyal.com
July13
9AM
5:30PM
Free
Admission
JubileePark
Bridgetown
Races/Music/Displays
KidsActivities/Food&DrinkTent
www.annapolisriver.ca
CARP’s7TH
portroyal
sportfishing
annapolisroyal
novascotia
Full & Half Day Trips
Licensed Guide
portroyalsportfishing.ca
902-250-0807
portroyalsportfishing@gmail.com
novascotiawhalewatching.ca
whales@novascotiawhalewatching.ca
TollFree:1-800-239-2189TollFree:1-800-239-2189TollFree:1-800-239-2189
Local:902-839-2346Local:902-839-2346Local:902-839-2346
welcomeyoutoBrierIsland
PennyGraham&Family
WhaleWatchandAccommodation
Packagesarealsoavailable
EcotourismAdventures
whale.Onlyabout350arestillliving.
You may also encounter seals,
dolphins and harbour porpoises.
MostoftenseenaretheGreySeal
and Harbour Porpoise. The Grey
Seal is larger with a noticeably
squarehead.Mostabundantarethe
Harbour Porpoises. Whitesided
Dolphinsoftenrunwiththeboats,
swimming playfully and jumping
outofthewater.
ThisareaoftheBayofFundyis
located on theAtlantic Flyway, a
major migration route for many
speciesofseabirds,shorebirdsand
waterfowl.Birdwatchingisaspecial
addedpluswithPuffins,Gannets,
Cormorants,Shearwaters,Petrels
andDucks, bothcommon Elders
andAmericanBlacks.
Explorethescenicshoresofthe
AnnapolisBasinandBayofFundy.
Renownedfortheworld’shighest
tides,theBayofFundyawaitsyou
only10min.fromtheheartofthe
NationalHistoricDistrict.Mi’kmaw
folkloreclaimsthetidesarecaused
byagiantwhalesplashing.Hikeat
DelapsCoveorwalkontheocean
flooratlowtideatParkersCove.
BayofFundy
Finbacksaresomeofthelargest
at6080feet,secondonlytothe
Blue.Minkesarethesmallestofthe
groupofwhalesintheBayatabout
30 feet in length. They are quite
friendlyandoftencomeclosetothe
boatstodelightvisitors.Youmight
evenseetherareNorthAtlanticRight
Humpbackwhales,“clownsof
thesea”,arethemostlikelytobe
seen.Theybreech(jumpoutofthe
water),flipperslapandtaillobthe
most(bringthetailoutofthewater
andslapitonthewater).Theyalso
spyhop,coming outofthe water
nosefirst,tolookatpeople.
Whale watching adventures
awaityouaboutanhourdrivefrom
AnnapolisRoyalfromJunetoSept.
The Bay of Fundy’s great tides
create a very rich ecosystem that
supportsabundantwildlife,whales
and seabirds. The waters off the
mouthoftheBayofFundy,from
BrierIslanduptoDigbyNeck,are
important feeding areas. Enjoy
minke,humpbackandfinwhales,
harbour porpoises and Atlantic
whitesideddolphins.Rightwhales
areoftenseen.Sperm,sei,orcaand
bluewhaleshavealsobeenspotted.
WhaleWatching
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WhetheryouoptforwhalewatchingwithMarinerCruisesoffDigbyNeck,orheadtoKeji,you’resuretoenjoyyourecotourismadventure.
MarinerCruises KejimkujikNP/NHS
SportFishing
TheAnnapolisBasinandlower
Annapolis River are noted for
striped bass, white bass, sea trout
andwhiteflounder.Publicaccessis
locatedonHwy1offthecauseway.
trail provides improvement of the
water quality, conservation of
wildlife, public education and year
roundecotourismfunforallages.
Ecotourism/Recreation
Enjoy a round of golf, sport
fishing, floating dock and boat
launch at the causeway, kayaking,
windsurfing, canoeing, bicycling,
birdwatching,hiking,tenniscourts,
baseball,soccerfields,askateboard
park,linedancingandmore!Stroll
alongtheboardwalkintheNational
Historic District. Explore scenic
hikingtrails,theoldrailline,Grist
MillandFrenchBasinTrail.Cross
countryskiinwinter.MickeyHill
Pocket Wilderness, Raven Haven
Beach, Kejimkujik, Delaps Cove
Wilderness Trail, Whale Watching
and Bay of Fundy adventures are
nearby.Recreation forTown:902
9551205, Annapolis County
Recreation:9023090248.Seep.17,
28,29formoreandnewattractions.
FrenchBasinTrail
Thisscenic1.2kmeasywalking
trail, cosponsored by Ducks
Unlimited,islocatedintheheartof
Annapolis Royal just 1 block from
the traffic light. Encircling the
picturesqueAnnapolisRiver,thiseasy
www.dunromincampground.ca
1-902-532-2808
4618Hwy#1
GranvilleFerry
DayUsePark~Open11:00AM6:00PMDaily
Enjoyapicnic,relaxonourlargesandybeach,gofora
swim,watchforwildlifeorsimplyenjoytheviewofthelake.
Staffonsitetoassistwithcanteenservices,canoe,kayak,
pedalboatandstanduppaddleboardloans
CALLUS:
MidJuneLabourDay(902)5327320
Offseason(902)5322331
ravenhaven@annapoliscounty.ca
FINDUS:
25kmsouthofAnnapolisRoyalon
Hwy8atSandyBottomLake
www.annapoliscounty.ca
Wheelchairaccessiblewashrooms/changerooms
SwimareaaccessibleviaMobiMat.Floatingwheelchaironsite.
FOLLOWUS!
PortRoyalSportFishing
AnnapolisRoyal
Branch
“ProudlySupporting
Our
Community”
Hours:10am5pm
MondayFriday
®
www.annapolisroyal.com
The
MayorAmeryBoyer
Onbehalfof
TownCouncilandStaff
The Town of Annapolis Royal
and the Explorer continue a
longpartnershipcoveringthe
eventsandexperienceswhich
makeourhomesospecial.We
e n c o u r a g e y o u t o u s e
Annapolis Royal as a home
basefordaytrips.
The 2024 Acadian World
Congress promises to have
plenty of opportunities to
celebrate our Francophone
andAcadiancommunitiesand
explore the rich heritage and
historyofourarea.
WelcometotheAnnapolisRoyalCommunity!
Ourcommunityoffersawiderangeofoptionstomakeyourvisit
memorable. A short list would include free Friday concerts, the
Farmers and Traders Market, King’s Theatre, Historic Gardens,
CandlelightGraveyardTours,localart,festivals,andevenparades!
PleasechecktheExplorerGuideandthecalendaronourwebsite
(QRcodebelow) orcontact usat902 532‑2043.We’rehappyto
help!
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Handcrafts&Design
The artistic and professional
qualityoftheworkoftheAnnapolis
Royal area design community is
bothsophisticatedandstrong.Ithas
nationally recognized artists and
If you love design – houses,
gardens, art, crafts, antiques,
vintageandmoderncreations–you
will love Annapolis Royal! The
area is more than Canada's
birthplace…it is a centre for the
design arts….a unique design
destination. Annapolis Royal and
itssurroundingtownshipsarehome
to countless artists and designers
whohavemoved herefromother
partsofCanada,theUnitedStates
andEurope.Theyhavejoinedthe
growing concentration of local
artists and specialized craft and
tradespeopleinanarearecognized
for its beauty, quality of life,
sustainable lifestyle and historic
connectionswiththewiderworld.
Thiscolourfulandvibrantarea
has museums, markets, galleries,
restaurants, a yearround theatre
andishometotheAnnapolisRoyal
HistoricGardens,oneofthemost
beautiful and celebrated small
gardensinNorthAmerica.
Lifestyle&Heritage
A design destination is more
thanjustaplacetobuythings.It's
about ideas, as well. When you
come and visit Annapolis Royal,
you will learn what makes this
small town and its economic
survivalsoextraordinary.Through
its heritage, you'll see continuity
wi th t he p ast . Thr oug h it s
geography, you'll see unspoiled
ruralbeauty.Throughthewealthof
restoredandrepurposedbuildings,
youwillseeagoodexampleofthe
potters, awardwinning heritage
contractors, charming shops selling
antique,vintageandmoderncreations
toaddbeautytoyourlife. successful recycling of old and
unwanted structures. Through its
artists and craftspeople and shop
owners and volunteers, you'll see
intelligent, relevant cultural
institutions. Through its citizens,
you'llseearealcommunity.
ComeSeeforYourself!
Founded in 1605, Annapolis
Royal has reinvented itself
throughoutfourcenturies,butitis
still about the values you hold
dear…asenseofplace,asenseof
permanence, an oldfashioned
respectforheritageandthevalues
of the past, coupled with an
acceptance of today's different
lifestyles. It is a centre of
excellenceforthedesignarts….a
vibrant, creative community that
wouldlovetoshareits“designfor
living”withyou!
BeautyiseverywhereinAnnapolisRoyal,fromtheuniqueboutiques
andcolourfulgalleriestothehomesofitscitizens.
AnnapolisRoyal
YourDesignDestination
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212St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
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ARCAC
396St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
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ANGELAPRIVEGLASSART
10QueenSt.,Bridgetown
Ph:9028246526
Facebook:AngelaPriveGlassArt
THEARTSHACK
LocatedinMargaretsvilleatthewest
endnexttothevillagewharf.
www.TheArtistsCircle.ca
BLUEMINDGALLERY
1888ClementsvaleRd.,BearRiver
Ph:9024671212
www.bluemindgallery.com
ARTTOUR BONNETTHOUSEARTGALLERY
158St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
Ph:9025327066
www.bonnetthouseartgallery.com
DAWNOMANARTGALLERY
298GranvilleSt.,Bridgetown
Ph:9025882002
www.dawnomanart.com
FAR-FETCHEDANTIQUES&ART
218St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
Ph:9025320179
www.facebook.com/FarFetchedGallery
THEFLIGHTOFFANCY
1869ClementsvaleRd.,BearRiver
Ph:9024674171
www.theflight.ca
GEOFFBUTLERARTGALLERY
212St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
Ph:9025262223
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H’ARTSHOUSEOFARTS
15ChurchSt.(AcrossfromMarket)
harts.annapolis@gmail.com
9025328391
ROUNDHILLSTUDIO
228St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
Ph:9025325186
www.roundhillstudio.com
STEPHANIEKOSSMANN
585St.GeorgeSt.(OldForgeBldg)
AnnapolisRoyal,Ph:8027829426
www.StephanieKossmann.art
WAYNEBOUCHERVISUALARTS
253St.GeorgeSt.,2ndFloor
AnnapolisRoyal,Ph:9029555606
www.wayneboucher.ca
WEASY’SHAIRSALON&ART
4730Hwy#1,GranvilleFerry
Ph:9025322273
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ThingsToSeeandDo
Page10,explorer,2024OfficialVisitorsGuide
King’sTheatre O’DellHouseMuseum
Mi’kmaqMurals
Our People, a painting by
LorettaGould,atFortAnneNHS
andtwomuralsbyLorneJulienat
theAnnapolisRoyalWharfandthe
“O”AmphitheatredepictMi’kmaw
presencein Mi’kmak’isince time
immemorial.
King’sTheatre
King’s Theatre has been a
populararealandmarksince1921.
Europeandramabeganinthearea
in1606whenMarcLescarbotwrote
“TheTheatreofNeptune”atPort
Royal.Later,travelingtroupesand
rovingthespiansperformedinthe
region.Enjoyshowsyearroundby
local, national and international
talent and a mix of live theatre,
concerts,dance,moviesandclassic
films. For shows, call 902532
7704,orvisitwww.kingstheatre.ca
FortAnneNHS
Fort Anne was designated a
NationalHistoricSitein1917andis
Canada’soldest.IthousestheNova
Scotia Charter and is located
overlookingthewaterintheheartof
AnnapolisRoyal’sscenicNational
HistoricDistrict.Seep.2,5,25&33.
Candlelight
GraveyardTour
Alan Melanson’s Candlelight
TouroftheoldestEnglishgraveyard
inN.S.andSt.JeanBaptisteAcadian
graveyardhasbeenoneofCanada’s
most popular tours since 1992.
WinneroftheTourismIndustryof
Nova Scotia’s Golden Hospitality
Award and recommended by The
NewYorkTimes,MacLean’sMagazine
andCBCRadio&TV,thistourhas
beenhonouredbytwoofCanada’s
PrimeMinisters.Privategrouptours
are also available. The Historical
AssociationofAnnapolisRoyalwas
recognizedas1ofCanada’sTop10
Organizationsforpreservationand
presentation of heritage by Prime
Minister Chrétien. 9025323035,
www.TourAnnapolisRoyal.com
DistrictTour
“StrollThroughtheCenturies”
intheNationalHistoricDistrictand
learnaboutpeople,placesandevents
thatshapedtheCradleofOurNation.
Fordatesandtimes:9025323035,
www.TourAnnapolisRoyal.com
NationalHistoric
O’DellHouseMuseum,
Archives&Research
The O’Dell House Museum,
builtin1869,isalovelyremnantof
the economic prosperity brought
byinternationalshippinginterests
and the railroad during the
Victorian period. Built by Cory
O’Dell,aformerNovaScotiaPony
Express rider, remains of the old
ferryslip canstill beseenatlow
tide.Themuseumisdisplayedasa
Victorian inn/tavern on the main
floorwithcontemporaryexhibitson
thesecond.Moreonp.13,24&33.
www.annapolisheritagesociety.com
Port-RoyalNHS
Learn about the interaction
betweenearlyFrenchsettlersand
theMi’kmaq.PortRoyalisCanada’s
first reconstruction of a National
HistoricSite.Seep.5,24,29&35.
MelansonSettlement
Melanson Settlement NHS,
(c.1664), one of Canada’s best
examplesofpredeportationAcadian
archaeologicalsites,islocatednear
PortRoyalNHS.p.29,35.
NorthHillsMuseum
2663Highway201
Tupperville~902.701.0371
www.TuppervilleSchoolMuseum.ca
WednesdaytoSunday
June26toSeptember1
10:006:00
Andbyappointment
TUPPERVILLE
SchoolMuseum
Followus!
AMessagefromtheWarden
WelcomeBienvenuePjila’si
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WardenAlexMorrison
WhetheryouliveAnnapolisCountyorarestoppingbyforavisit,you
cannothelpbutbeinaweofthebreathtakingnaturalbeautyoftheBayof
FundyshorelineandthelushAnnapolisRivervalley.Youwillimmediatelyfallin
lovewithourcoastalcommunities,towns,villages,historicpropertiesandthe
stunningparksandtrailsthataretheprideofourcounty.
IencourageyoutoembraceallthatAnnapolisCountyhastooffer,such
ashundredsoflakesandwaterwaysandnaturalhabitatthatwillcaptureyour
heartandchallengeyourskillsatcanoeing,kayaking,hiking,biking,anda
dozenotheroutdoorpursuits.
ComeanddiscoverAnnapolisCountyandseewhywearesoproudto
callithome!
Joinuswithyourgroupof2to6
peopleforahandsonpastamaking
experience(2.5hrs)followedbya
deliciouspastatasting!
Eachstudenttakeshomefresh
pastatheyhavemadeduringtheclass.
Formoredetailscontactusat
handsonfreshpasta.com
orviaFacebookorInstagram
@Hands_On_FreshPasta
E:hands.on.freshpasta@gmail.com
PASTAMAKING
EXPERIENCES
GNOMIE&ME
ACADIANTEASHOP
Acadian
Teas,Cards,Gifts
Merchandise
Accessories
Email:Gnomieandme.
acadianteas@gmail.com
9023122439
www.acadianteas.ca
HISTORYHERITAGE
FAMILY
FarmersandTraders
&WinterMarkets
Farmers and Traders Market,
acrossfromthewharf,isopenon
Saturdays,9amto1pm,May11to
Oct. 12 and also on Wednesdays
from9am1pm,July3untilAug.
28. Enjoy food, fun, friends and
greatshoppingwithlocalfarmers
andtradespeople.AWinterMarket
isheldattheLegion,Oct.19May
3,9amnoon.Seepages4and25.
FollowtheMarketonFacebook.
annapolisroyalfarmersmarket.com
PrivateTours
&Step-onGuides
For custom itineraries, private
tours, meet and greet and stepon
busguides,contactAlanandDurline
Melanson at 9025323035 or
www.TourAnnapolisRoyal.com
BoatHaul-Up&Tides
Watchboatsbeingrepairednext
toKing’sTheatre.Takephotosat
highandlowtide.Seeabouta28’
differenceinwaterlevels.Fortide
timesandlevels,clickonEventsa
www.ExploreAnnapolisRoyal.com
BoatHaulUp
DurlineMelanson
Dance.Canada@explorerguide.ca
LINEDANCE,TAP
JIVE,FOLKSince1992
ComeJointheFun!
D A N C E
Trans Wrld
5345GranvilleRd,GranvilleFerry
(902)3081592grandoakbnb.ca
FortViewGolf
Tupperville
SchoolMuseum
On Hwy 201 between Annapolis
and Bridgetown, this oneroom
schoolhousewasusedfrom1869to
1970forgrades111.Themuseum
features schoolhouse artifacts,
AcadianGirouradgenealogyfrom
theoriginalAcadianfamilyliving
in Tupperville, and artifacts from
LouisJeremy,aMi'kmaqresident
ofTupperville.Open106,Wed.to
Sun.(&byappointment)June26to
Sept.1.Homemadeicecream&old
fashionedicecreamsocial,July27.
www.tuppervilleschoolmuseum.ca
The“O”–Oqwa’titek
Amphitheatre
Enjoyafreeconcert,linedance
class,orjustsitbackandrelax.This
scenicwaterviewlocationprovides
seating for approximately 140.
www.annapolisroyal.com
GoodCheerTrail
Avisittothearea’swineries,
distilleries, craft breweries and
cideriesisamust.Sipandsavour
awardwinningdrinks.Seep.16.
FortViewGolfCourse
inAnnapolisRoyal
Annapolis Royal is a golfer’s
paradise.HometoFortView,oneof
the most scenic courses in Nova
Scotia,twoothersarewithinashort
30minutedrive.Opentothepublic,
the beautiful course in Annapolis
Royal features 18 holes. It is
challenging, lined with apple trees
andoverlookstheAnnapolisBasin,
NorthMountainandFortAnne.Golf
clubsandcartsareavailableforrent.
FoundersHouseDiningandDrinks,
locatedattheGolfCourse,isopento
the public. For green fees and golf
info,visitwww.fortviewgolf.com
Acadian/Mi’kmaq
HeritageTour
Explorethe“CradleofAcadie”
with10thgenerationAcadianMétis
AlanMelanson,retiredSupervisor
of Interpreters for Parks Canada.
Alan’sancestorsfoundedMelanson
Settlement NHS (c.1664). Winner
of the Tourism Industry of Nova
Scotia’sHometownPrideEventof
theYear.Moreinfo:9025323035,
www.TourAnnapolisRoyal.com
SinclairInnPaintedRoom
SinclairInnMuseum
A carefully restored Painted
Room is one of the highlights of
SinclairInnMuseumNHS.Oneof
Canada’sarchitecturalandhistoric
gems, portions date to 1710 or
earlier.Oneofthecountry’soldest
woodframestructures,itisoneof
thefewdwellingsfromtheFrench
regimeinAcadia(priorto1713)in
existence. Two structures were
combined in 1781 by Fredrick
Sinclair.See300+yearsofbuilding
techniques, clay walls of the
Acadiansto1950swoodpaneling.
Operating under many names,
mainly as an inn and tavern,
Canada’s first Masonic Lodge
meeting was held here in 1738.
www.annapolisheritagesociety.com
MiddletonRailway
Museum
All aboard! Canada's largest
collection of Dominion Atlantic
Railwaymemorabiliaislocatedin
Middleton,only30minutesaway.
Freeadmission.Donationsaccepted.
Forhoursandinfo:9028256062.
www.middletonrailwaymuseum.ca
ShoppingDistrict&
WaterfrontBoardwalk
Stepbackintime,andenjoya
leisurely shopping pace with
friendlyand personalized service.
Explorequaintshopsfullofunique
treasures.FromMaritimeart,crafts,
andcollectibles,tobooks,jewellery,
clothes,shoesandantiques,you’ll
findsomethingforeveryonealong
“Canada’s Oldest Thoroughfare”.
Savourdeliciousspecialtiesinfine
restaurants,orchoosetakeoutfora
picnic. Stroll along the scenic
waterfront boardwalk with its
gentlebreezesandspectacularviews
ofGranvilleFerryacrosstheriver.
ARTsPLACE
Openyearround,thispopular
publicartgalleryandARCAChost
artexhibitsshowcasinginternational
andlocalartists,workshops,arttalks,
coffeehouses,onlineeventsandPaint
theTown.9025327069,www.arcac.ca
Artists,studios,galleries:p.4,8,9,24.
NorthHillsMuseum
Oneoftheoldesthousesinthe
province(c.1764).Seep.20,29,34,35
Oqwa’titekAmphitheatre
,explorer 2024OfficialVisitorsGuide,Page11
YourHometownValues
&SavingsStore
AnnapolisRoyal
VarietyStore
Facebook:AnnapolisRoyalVarietyStore
Ph:9022863111Fax:9022863110
292StGeorgeStreet
AnnapolisRoyal,NS
ThingsToSeeandDo
ChocolateShop
The
HANDMADE
CHOCOLATES
LIFE’STOOSHORTFOR
ORDINARYCHOCOLATE
Nowwithairconditioning
Winner of Communities in
Bloomawards,thetownhasover
100 magnolias, and the 17acre
HistoricGardensfeaturesover270
rose cultivars with thousands of
lovelyandfragrantblossoms.
FUN
Strategically located at the
mouthof2riversandonlyabout10
minutes from the worldfamous
BayofFundy,thelovelywaterways
and lush hiking and biking trails
aroundAnnapolisRoyalprovidean
abundance of scenic vistas and
recreationalopportunitiesgalore.
SCENIC
see the National Historic District
plaque and 5 National Historic
Sites:thedeGannesCosbyHouse,
oldestwoodenhouseinCanada(a
private residence); the oldest
originaloperatingCourtHousein
NovaScotia;FortAnne,Canada’s
oldest National Historic Site;
Sinclair Inn Museum and the
Iroquois Fort Monument. The
LequilleGristMillNHS,Melanson
Settlement NHS and PortRoyal
NHS are nearby, and Kejimkujik
NP & NHS is 45 minutes away.
O t h e r H i s t o r i c S i t e s a n d
Monuments Board of Canada
plaques that designate historic
sites,peopleandeventsareinthe
area.(Forplaquelistandlocations:
www.exploreannapolisroyal.com/
HSMBC.pdf) Other monuments,
statuesandinterpretivepanelsare
alsolocatedinthehistoricdistrict.
The2ndsmallestincorporated
town in Nova Scotia (pop. 530),
AnnapolisRoyalisoneofCanada’s
largest National Historic Districts
withabout135registeredheritage
properties.Ifyoulikearchitecture,
ExploreAnnapolisRoyal.ThisOld
HouseMagazinenamedit1ofthe61
mostvibrantneighborhoodsinNorth
America for oneofakind, period
houses.TheHistoricalAssociation
ofAnnapolis Royal’s blue “Stroll
Through the Centuries” walking
tourbrochurefeaturessomeofthe
properties, and Mapannapolis has
themallmapped.
HISTORIC
Located in Mi'kma'ki, on the
unceded ancestral lands of the
Mi’kmaq, PortRoyal/Annapolis
Royalisoneoftheoldestpermanent
European settlements in the
countryandsiteofmanyEuropean
era firsts: social club in North
America, Order of Good Cheer
(1606),dramainthecountry(1606)
and waterpowered grist mill
(1607). Birth of the preservation
movementstartedhere.Onashort
strolldownSt.GeorgeStreetyou’ll
Ifyoulikehistory,sceneryand
fun,ExploreAnnapolisRoyalArea.
Discover colourful shops, artists’
studiosandgalleries,historictours,
a lively theatre, awardwinning
attractions, unique museums,
genealogy centre, scenic vistas,
creative architecture, waterfront
boardwalkwithahistoriclighthouse
inthecentreoftown,aGoodCheer
Trailwithwineries,craftbreweries,
cideries, distilleries, wine bar and
pubs, delightful restaurants, fun
recreational activities, wonderful
accommodations and gracious
hospitality.Experienceforyourself
why was one ofAnnapolisRoyal
CTV’sCulturalCapitalsofCanada,
MacLean’sMagazine’s“10Places
You’veGottoSee”andwinnerof
“TheWorld’sMostLiveableSmall
Community” (endorsed by the
United Nations). When planning
your visit be sure to plan to stay
anotherday.You’llbegladyoudid!
CHECKWEBFOREVENTUPDATES:www.ExploreAnnapolisRoyal.com
274St.GeorgeStreet,AnnapolisRoyal,NS9025327992
bistroeast.com
Alargemenuofsteak,
seafood,soup,sandwiches,
pizzaandfreshpasta
madedaily.
DINEINTAKEOUT
Page12,explorer 2024OfficialVisitorsGuide,
www.stlukesannapolisroyal.com
9025320913
340St.GeorgeSt.
(Est.1710)continuestowelcome
oneandalltoourinclusivecommunity.
SUNDAYSERVICE
10am
MONTHLYCHORALEVENSONG
Music4thSundayofeachmonth,4pm
BCPServicesungbyourEvensongChoir
CLASSICALSECONDSUNDAYS
Musicevery2ndSunday,4pm
FeaturingWorldClassMusicians
CHURCHTOURS
CheckwebsiteforDates&Times
CANADADAYSTEEPLEBELLRING
July1,12pm(#YearsofConfederation)
PRIDEPARADE
July13(Chatandenjoyfreezieorwater)
NATALDAYSBLESSINGOFTHEBIKES
Checkschedule(Motorcycles,bikes,mobility)
BLESSINGOFTHEANIMALS
Oct.6,2pmatthe“O”(Bringpetorphoto)
SPECIALSERVICES&EVENTS
ForourSingaLongMessiah,
Carol&HymnSings,Christmasand
EasterServices&OtherEvents
CheckWebsiteorsignforDates&Times
FREECLASSES:78pmonThurs*
*CheckExplorerwebsitefordates.
ANNAPOLIS
Region
Club
“DancingattheO”
TRANSWORLDDANCEDance.Canada@explorerguide.ca
223St.GeorgeStAnnapolisRoyalrabbior2@eastlink.ca
CoastalReflections
OriginalStainedGlass,BlownandFusedGlass,
Jewellery,Pewterandmore.
ST.LUKE'SANGLICANCHURCH
Museum
Oldestwoodframebuildingin
Canadaopentothepublic
2originalAcadianstructures
(builtca.1708&1710)Joined1781
Rareexampleofpreexpulsion
Acadianconstruction
HomeofCanada'sfirstMasonic
Lodgein1738
300yearsofarchitecture,history
andliving
230St.GeorgeSt.,9025320996
AnnapolisHeritageSociety
annapolisheritage@gmail.com
Visitthe
PaintedRoom
AFAMILYof 28MUSEUMS
AnnapolisHeritageSociety
136St.GeorgeSt.,9025327754
AnnapolisHeritageSociety
annapolisheritage@gmail.com
ca.1870
LocalArchives
AHSGenealogicalCentre
AnnapolisCounty's
GenealogicalResource
Microfilm,churchrecords,
vitalstatistics,familyfiles,etc.
ExhibitsonAnnapolisArea’sHistory
Museum,Archives
andResearchCentre
Followus!AnnapolisHeritageSociety:MakingConnections
www.annapolisheritagesociety.com
VisitourNEWONLINEGIFTSTORE
HandsOnFreshPasta
Lighthouse(c.1889)
AcadianMonumentatFortAnne
MoreToSee&Do
HandsOnFreshPasta
HistoricGardens
LivetheGardenLife.Toursof
the Historic Gardens are offered
fourtofivedaysaweekmidJuneto
Sept. For tours and other special
events:www.historicgardens.com
MakingExperiences
Learnhowtomakefreshpasta
fromscratchfollowedbyadelicious
pastatasting.Takehomefreshpasta
youhavemade.Memorableandfun
experiencesguaranteed.Seep.10.
Worship Sundays at 10 am.
Musicalprogramsat4pmonselect
Sundays.Seep.5fordates.Fortours,
additionalevents,ortodonatetothe
churchministriesorbuildings,check:
www.stlukesannapolisroyal.com
St.Luke’s
AnglicanChurch
Lighthouse
Winner of “This Lighthouse
Matters” contest, the Annapolis
RoyalLighthouseislocatedinthe
heart of the National Historic
District.Itissituatedalmosthalf
waybetween theEquatorand the
NorthPole.Greatspotforphotos.
BayofFundy
EcotourismFun
EnjoyanExplorer’sparadise!
Beaches,birds,sportfishing,tides,
trails&whales.Forexperiencesand
infoseepages6,17,28,29.
GristMillNHS
A 17th century French grist
millreplicahousesahydroelectric
plantinLequille.Thefirstgristmill
wasbuiltintheareain1607.
OldSt.Edwards
LoyalistChurch
Museum
One of the earliest in Nova
Scotia, the museum features early
LoyalistartifactsinClementsport.
AnnapolisRoyal
Library
StrollThroughThe
CenturiesBrochure
The library offers public
washrooms, computers, workspace,
free parking and 24 hour WIFI.
Bicycle loans, printing services,
andanInnovationCentrearealso
available. It is open every day
except Tuesday and Sunday. 902
5322226,www.valleylibrary.ca
Over500Acadiansareburied
inunmarkedgravesintheSt.Jean
BaptistegraveyardatFortAnne.A
monument was erected in their
honourbyTheHistoricalAssociation
of Annapolis Royal. It is located
acrossthestreetfromtheGerman
Bakeryneartheblackcastironfence.
PickuponeofTheHistorical
Association ofAnnapolis Royal’s
blue“StrollThroughtheCenturies”
free Walking Tour brochures to
helpyouExploreAnnapolisRoyal.
www.TourAnnapolisRoyal.com
AcadianMonument
www.ExploreAnnapolisRoyal.com
,explorer 2024OfficialVisitorsGuide,Page13
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NationalHistoricSite.
One of the highlights in the
museum is the 8’ tall x 18’ wide
HeritageTapestry.Over4yearsin
themaking,itwashandstitchedby
over120volunteerstocommemorate
400years ofEuropean settlement
inourregion.Duringthistimein
1994, His Majesty King Charles
III’s mother, Queen Elizabeth II,
wasonherwaytoVictoria,British
Columbia for the opening of the
Commonwealth Games. She put
her personal mark on Annapolis
Royal when she stitched in gold
threadneartheheartontheimage
of her greatgreat grandmother,
Queen Victoria. A piece of the
tapestrywastakentoGovernment
HouseinHalifaxwhereHerMajesty
In2006,AnnapolisRoyalwas
honouredwithhisPrinceofWales
Awardforoutstandingstewardship
ofthebuiltheritage.Overhalfof
the buildings inAnnapolis Royal
areFederal,ProvincialorMunicipal
registeredheritageproperties.
HisMajestyKingCharlesIII’s
greatgreatgreatgreat grand
father,PrinceEdwardtheDukeof
Kent,builttheOfficers’Quartersat
FortAnne inAnnapolis Royal in
1797whileservingascommander
oftheBritishforcesinNovaScotia.
The Officers’ Quarters he erected
nowserveasthemuseumbuilding
In addition to a colourful,
sharedheritagewithGreatBritain,
Annapolis Royal also has many
direct ties to His Majesty King
CharlesIIIandTheRoyalFamily.
graciouslyputinhergoldstitches
andsignedFortAnne’sbook.
One of the Diamond Jubilee
events in 2012 for His Majesty
KingCharles III’s mother, Queen
ElizabethII,wasalsoheldatFort
Anne. A special reception was
hostedattheHillsdaleHouse Inn
by The Historical Association of
A n n a p o l i s R o y a l a n d T h e
Honourable Lieutenant Governor,
HerMajestyQueenElizabethII’s
representativeintheprovince.
The Diamond Jubilee of His
Majesty King Charles III’s great
greatgreat Grandmother, Queen
Victoria, was celebrated on the
grounds of FortAnne in 1897 as
depictedin thephoto onthe next
page of children dancing around
theMaypole.
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HisMajestyKingCharlesIII
isHeadofTheChurchofEngland.
The first Church of England
service celebrated in Canada was
heldontheFortAnnegroundsin
AnnapolisRoyalinOctober1710.
aunt,PrincessMargaret,visitedin
1957andsignedtheguestbookat
St.Luke’sAnglicanChurch.
HisMajestyKingCharlesIII’s
brother, Prince Andrew, visited
Annapolis Royal in 1985 on the
occasionofthe100thAnniversary
of Parks Canada and did a walk
aboutthegroundsofFortAnne.His
HisMajestyKingCharlesIII’s
greatgrandfather, Prince George
of Wales, later King George V,
stayedattheHillsdaleHousewhen
hevisitedAnnapolisRoyalin1884
while serving in the Royal Navy.
Hecameforafourdayfishingtrip.
King George V signed the guest
book, and the room in which he
resided is coveted today by
everyonewhostaysattheHillsdale
HouseInn,140yearslater.
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Durline was honoured with Her
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Meritorious Service Medal from
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DurlineMelansoncoveredHer
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s
officialreceptioninHalifaxin2010
and The Prince Wales and The
DuchessofCornwall’s3daytour
ofNovaScotiaandPEIin2014.At
a special event at Government
House, she and Prince Charles
discussedHerMajestystitchingon
FortAnne’sHeritageTapestryand
the Town receiving his Prince of
Walesaward.SheinvitedTheRoyal
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GoodCheerStartedHere
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Mi’kmaqwereofteninvitedguests
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That spirit is still alive and
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localNovaScotiaartisans.Visitsto
theHabitationandsomeofthebest
distilleries,breweries,wineriesand
cideries are area highlights. In
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tastingsofferchances todiscover
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Raven Haven is a beachside
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Interpretationsitesandpicnicareas
offer wonderful opportunities for
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wilderness adventures. Located
only approx. 24 km (15 miles)
northwest of Annapolis Royal,
Delaps Cove has two scenic
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minutes from Annapolis Royal.
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LocatedinMi'kma'kiontheuncededancestrallandsoftheMi’kmaq,AnnapolisRoyalhasa
nationallysignificantstorytotell~acolourfulmosaicofcultures,strengthanddiversity. FortAnneHeritageTapestry
CradleofOurNation
SettledbytheFrenchin1605,thePortRoyal/AnnapolisRoyalAreais
oneoftheoldestpermanentEuropeansettlementsinCanada.
PortRoyalNHS
TheMi’kmaqhonoursevendirections(theSky,theEarth,theSoulplusNorth,East,SouthandWest)and
livebytheSevenTeachingsoflove,respect,humility,honesty,truth,wisdomandcourage.
MI’KMAQ
Therhythmofthepaddlebreaking
thewaterasbirchbarkcanoesglided
majesticallyalongthewaterways,
andthesoftsoundofthemocassin
quietlytouchingthegroundduring
thehuntwereprevalentinMi’kmak’i
longbeforeEuropeanseversetfoot
onthisland.
Mi’kmak’i is the ancestral and
unceded land of the Mi’kmaq. It
encompasses the lands now known
as Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
Prince Edward Island and the
GaspéPeninsulaofQuébec.
TheMi’kmaqhavelivedinMi’kmak’i
since time immemorial. In 2017,
during a ceremony at Fort Anne
NHS,theExecutiveDirectorofthe
ConfederacyofMainlandMi’kmaq,
Dr.DonJulian,remarkedthatthe
Mi’kmaqhavebeeninMi’kmak’i
for 540 generations. Think about
yourownfamily,andseehowfar
backyoucancount.Timeimmemorial
or540generationsisalong,long
time, indeed – much older than
ancientRome,GreeceorEgypt.
MostoftheMi’kmawhistoryhas
been passed down orally from
generationtogenerationbyelders
ofthecommunity.Wampumbelts
wereoftenusedas“aidememoirs”
to help record the story. Oral
history is important because it is
The Mi’kmaq lived a “hunter
gatherer”wayoflife.Theywould
set up encampments along the
shoreduringspringandsummerto
harvest the eels, shellfish, smelts,
gaspereau, porpoise and other
seafoodthattheGreatCreatorhad
putonMotherEarth.
toldandrelatedbythosewhohave
livedandexperiencedtheevents.
Mi’kmak’iiscomposedof7districts,
andAnnapolisRoyalislocatedin
thedistrictofKespukwitkmeaning
“endofflow”.TheMi’kmaqused
descriptivewordstonameanarea.
In Kespukwitk, the rivers and
basins flow out into the Bay of
Fundy or theAtlantic Ocean. The
Annapolis River was known as
Tewapskik,“waterflowingbetween
rocks”.TheAnnapolisBasin,which
stretchesfromGoatIslandtoDigby,
was named Nme’juaqnek, “the
placeofbountifulfish”.
Theygatheredberriesandnutsfrom
thefieldsandforestsandharvested
birchbark,woodenpolesandroots
for the construction of wigwams
andcanoes. Inwinterthey would
gointotheinteriorandhuntcaribou,
moose,gamemeatandfowlnecessary
forsurvival.TheMi’kmaqrespected
MotherEarthandalloftheplants,
animals, water, rocks and air she
provided. When they killed an
animal,theyusedallofitspartsfor
food,tools,clothinganddwellings.
UnliketheEuropeanswhoarrived
inMi’kmak’iforsettlementinthe
early1600s, theMi’kmaqhad no
conceptoflandownership.
By1710,whentheBritishcaptured
thePortRoyalAreafromtheFrench
forthefinaltime,therewasabig
transformation.PortRoyalbecame
AnnapolisRoyal andKespukwitk
becamepartoftheBritishterritory
ofNovaScotia.TheMi’kmaqhad
to try to survive under a British
government.Theysigned aseries
of Peace, Trade and Friendship
Treatiesstartingwiththeratification
of the 1725 Boston Treaty in
Annapolis Royal in 1726. When
Halifaxwasstartedin1749,there
wasasuccessionofsimilartreaties
signedbetweentheMi’kmaqandthe
British.TheMi’kmaqneverceded
anyland.Mi’kmak’iistheunceded
ancestrallandsoftheMi’kmaq.
Mi’kmak’i was created by the
Great Creator to provide for the
people of Mi’kmak’i. It was the
philosophyandwayoflifeofthe
Mi’kmaqtolookaftertheirnatural
environment, not only for their
childrenandgrandchildren,butfor
the7generationstocome.Thatishow
one can pay respect to the Great
Creator,MotherEarth,theancestors,
futuregenerationsandensurethat
Mi’kmak’iwillprovideintoinfinity.
WiththearrivalofEuropeans,first
on a seasonal fishing and trading
basisinthe16thcentury,andlater
with the intent of permanent
settlementintheearly17thcentury,
the way of life for the Mi’kmaq
changed. They welcomed the
French,showedthemhowtolive
and survive in Mi’kmak’i and
intermarried. Their way of life
changedastheygotcaughtinthe
middle of the conflict between
FranceandEnglandforcontrolof
Mi’kmak’i.WhenChamplainbuilt
thePortRoyalHabitationin1605,
there were more M’ikmaq that
Europeans in Mi’kmak’i. One
hundred years later, over 85% of
theMi’kmaqdied,notfrombattle,
but from diseases the Europeans
broughtintotheirterritory.
The first Europeans coming to
settle the presentday region of
PortRoyal/Annapolis Royal (a
part of M i’kma’ki known as
Kespukwitk) were the French led
byPierreDuguaSieurdeMonsand
his cartographer, Samuel de
Champlain. In 1604, sailing into
what is now theAnnapolis Basin
(called Nme’juaqnek by the
Mi’kmaq), Champlain named the
harbour “PortRoyal”. He was
struckbythebeautyoftheareaand
commentedthatallthe vesselsof
theFrenchRoyalFleetcouldsafely
anchorwithinitsconfines.
AfterthevoyagesofJohnCabotin
1497 and Jaques Cartier in 1534,
French,English,Basques,Spanish
andotherEuropeanfishermenwere
bringing the bountiful harvest of
codfromtheGulfofSt.Lawrence
andtheAtlanticCoastofMi’kma’ki
totheEuropeantables,longbefore
permanentsettlementwasattempted.
They traded European goods with
theMi’kmaqinexchangeforfurs
tosupplementtheirincome.
FRENCH
ArrivalinMi’kmak’i
De Mons and his men built a
settlement to pass the winter of
160405onSt.CroixIslandatthe
mouthoftheSt.CroixRiverwhich
is the presentday border river
between New Brunswick and
Maine.Afteradisastrouswinterin
whichalmosthalfofthemendied
ofscurvy,theMi’kmaqarrivedwith
foodtosavethecolony.
FRENCH
SettlementatPort-Royal
Inthespringof1605,theychanged
thelocationofthesettlementfrom
St.CroixIslandtoPortRoyaland
builtthePortRoyalHabitationto
serveasafurtradingpostandbase
fortheiroperations–2yearsbefore
Jamestown, Virginia, 3 years
beforethefoundingofQuébec,and
15yearsbeforethePilgrimslanded
atPlymouthRock.Mi’kmaqGrand
Chief Membertou and his people
welcomedtheFrenchandshowed
them how to survive. A trade,
friendship,andmilitaryalliancethat
wastospanthenext150yearswas
forgedatPortRoyal.TheMi’kmaq
wereinvitedguestsatthe“Orderof
GoodCheer”,thediningclubthat
Champlainstartedtoensureagood
dietaswellasanattempttohelppass
thelongwinternightsthroughfood,
entertainmentandcamaraderie.
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HistoricGardens
ThePortRoyal/AnnapolisRoyalAreawasthesiteofcolonialcapitalsofFrance,Scotland
andGreatBritain.AnnapolisRoyalwascapitalofNovaScotiauntilHalifaxstartedin1749.
TheAcadianssettledinthisareain1636.Theyconstructedtheirhomes
ontheuplandsandbuiltdykestoreclaimthelowlandsaltmarshes.
FortAnneNHS
NovaScotiaCoatofArmsgranted
byKingCharlesIin1625.
Frenchpresencecontinuedthroughthemilitarystationedat“lefortde
PortRoyal”.TheFrenchbuilt4fortsonthesiteofpresentdayFortAnne.
BeyondOqwa’titek
The year 2021 marked the 400th
anniversaryoftheRoyalCharterof
NovaScotiasignedbyKingJames
VIofScotland andI ofEngland,
grantingthepresentdayMaritime
provincesandGaspéPeninsulato
SirWilliamAlexanderofMenstrie
tosettletheareaforScotland.Since
therewasaNewEngland,aNew
France and a Newfoundland, the
Scottishterritorywascalled“New
Scotland”.TheRoyalCharter(1621
copyondisplayatFortAnneNHS)
waswritteninLatin,hencetheland
wasreferredtoas“NovaScotia”.
In1629,SirWilliamAlexanderthe
youngerarrivedwithagroupofabout
70settlersincludingmen,women
andchildren.HebuiltCharlesfort,
namedinhonourofKingCharlesI
(KingJames’son).Archaeological
evidenceindicatesthatCharlesfort
wasconstructedonthefrontedge
ofpresentdayFortAnneNHSin
AnnapolisRoyal.
Shortlyaftertheirarrival,theScots
encountered two Mi’kmaq in a
birchbark canoe. They brought
gifts,andtheScotsdetectedBasque
andFrenchwordsintheirdialect.
FRENCH
EndoftheHabitation
SCOTS
OriginofNewScotland
The PortRoyal Habitation was
shortlivedasitwas attackedand
burneddownbytheEnglishfrom
Jamestown,Virginiainthefallof
1613.Althoughthisputanendto
the first attempt at permanent
Europeansettlementintheregion,
someoftheFrenchsuchasCharles
deLaTourandCharlesdeBiencourt
stayedintheregionwhilemostof
thesettlerswentbacktoFrance.La
Tour and Biencourt both married
Mi’kmaqandcontinuedtheFrench
presenceinthearea.
ACADIANS
CradleofAcadie
The PortRoyal, now Annapolis
Royal, Area is the “Cradle of
Acadie”. After the shortlived
Scottish settlement, 1629 1632,
theFrenchreturned inthe 1630s.
Charles de Menou d’Aulnay
broughtFrenchsettlerstothearea
in1636includingmen,womenand
children.Helaterbuiltafortover
theCharlesfortlocationin1643.
Later in the season, Wolastoqiyik
(Maliseets) came from the Saint
John River and had beaver and
moose hides to trade. In the fall,
Claude de La Tour brought
Mi’kmaw Chief Segipt, his wife
andsonstoEnglandtobepresented
toKingCharlesI.
In 1632 the Treaty of Saint
GermainenLaye ceded the area
backtotheFrench.Althoughshort
lived, the legacy of the 1629
ScottishsettlementatPortRoyalis
the name of the province, NOVA
SCOTIA(LatinforNewScotland),
aswell asthe provincialflag and
coatofarms,bothgrantedin1625.
TheFrenchfamiliesstartedsettling
the presentday Goat Island to
Paradise section of theAnnapolis
River (formally called the rivière
Dauphin).Buildingdykestoreclaim
the lowland salt marshes for
agriculturalpurposes,theydeveloped
a selfsufficient, independent
lifestyle,tradingtheirbountyfrom
theland,forestandseaformaterial
goods they could not produce
locally. Over time, these settlers
becameknownastheAcadians.
WhentheBritishwereincontrolof
the area prior to 1710, they
governedfromBoston.After1710,
the onsite officers sometimes
marriedAcadianwomenincluding
MajorJohnHandfield,theBritish
commanderduringtheDeportation.
The Acadians developed good
relations with the Mi’kmaq. By
marrying into the Mi’kmaw
population,they formed bondsof
kinshipandfriendship.Bybuilding
dykesandreclaimingthelowland
saltmarshes,theAcadiansdidnot
takeoverallofthetraditionallands
andforestsoftheMi’kmaq.These
actions helped forge a military
alliance.TheAcadiansdidnothave
to fear Mi’kmaw raids on their
settlements.
Inthe1670s1680ssomeAcadians
startedmovingawayfromthePort
RoyalArea.Asfamiliesgrewlarger
withsecondandthirdgenerations,
some Acadians moved to larger
expanses of tidal areas such as
Beaubassin, GrandPré, Pisiquid
andCobequidtoobtainland.Some
Acadians also moved from the
PortRoyal region to escape the
constant raids by New England
troops on the area. Since Port
Royal/Annapolis Royal was the
capitalofthecolony,itborethebrunt
ofmostoftheattacks.Builtin1702,
the last French fort followed the
fortificationprinciplesofVauban.
FriendswiththeMi’maq,but
caughtinthemiddleofthestruggle
for Empire in North America
between England and France, the
Acadian people became victims
duringtheGreatUpheavalof1755.
OnDecember8,1755,theBritish
deported 1,664 Acadians from
Annapolis Royal. In total over
10,000weredeportedtotheBritish
coloniesofMassachusettesandas
far south as Georgia. None were
deporteddirectlytoLouisianasince
itwasaSpanishCatholicterritory
atthetime.TheLouisiana“Cajuns”
got there on their own through a
series of independent migrations.
Today,themajorityofAcadianslive
inQuébec,Louisiana,France,New
EnglandandtheMaritimeProvinces.
STRUGGLEFOREMPIRE
MostFoughtOverLand
inCanadianHistory
The PortRoyal Area changed
handsseventimesbetween1605
1710.TheBritishseizeditforthe
final time in 1710 when Colonel
FrancisNicholsoncapturedthefort
fromFrenchGovernorSubercase.
Nicholson renamed the town
“AnnapolisRoyal”inhonourofthe
reigning monarch, Queen Anne.
“Polis”isGreekfor“city”,sowe
are “The Royal City of Anne”.
Annapolis Royal remained the
capitalof NovaScotia until1749
when Halifax was started to
counterbalance the new French
capitalatFortressLouisbourg.
1,664AcadiansweredeportedfromAnnapolisRoyalin1755.Painting
byWillvonDehlcourtesyofBenProudfoot,BreakwaterStudios,Ltd.
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Oneofthe oldest permanentEuropeansettlementsin Canada combinedwitha strong
foundationofMi’kmaqroots.BeyondOqwa’titek~APlaceofDialogueandDiversity.
MosaicofCultures
Canada’smostfoughtoverlandchangedhandsbetweentheFrenchandBritish7timesovera105year
period.In1710,GovernorSubercasehandedoverthekeyforthefinaltimeandhadteawiththeladies.
FortAnneHeritageTapestry
FortAnneNHS
isanElizabethanwordfor“settler
orcolonist”.Thenewsettlerswere
veryinterestedinbringingsomeof
theirNewEnglandcustoms.Itwas
important to have a say in the
governmentandbeabletopractice
theirreligionintheAnglicancolony
ofNovaScotia.GovernorLawrence
saidthegovernmentwassimilarto
theirs(thoughnotquitetrue),and
that all the Protestant religions
couldbepractisedinNovaScotia.
LandwasgivenintheTownshipsof
AnnapolisRoyal,Granville,Onslow,
Hortonville,Cornwallis,Falmouth.
Somefishermenwerealsointerested
in coming because of the good
fishinggrounds.Theyweregiven
landintheTownshipsofLiverpool,
BarringtonandYarmouth.
ThePlantersandtheirdescendants
havemaintainedthedykesandrich
agriculturallandsleftbehindwith
the Acadian Deportation. The
fishermenhavedonewellonNova
Scotia’sSouthShore.SomePlanters
have been influential clergymen,
whileothershavegoneintopolitics
andacademia,healthandsciences,
businessandindustry,andthearts
andagriculture.Planterdescendant,
ThomasChandlerHaliburton,noted
judgeandauthor,practisedlawin
Annapolis Royal in the 1820s.
FilledwithlovelyGeorgianantiques
today, North Hills Museum is
housedinabuildingthatwasbuilt
byaPlantercirca1764.
The first major migration of
EnglishcoloniststosettleinNova
The population of New England
hadgrownmuchmorerapidlythan
in Nova Scotia. Some colonies
were starting to run out of good
farm land for fathers to leave to
theiroffspring.Theofferoflandin
NovaScotiawas appealing.Land
agentsweresenttoassesstheland.
Between1759and1768over8,000
settlerscametoNovaScotiafrom
Massachusetts, Connecticut and
Rhode Island, referred to as the
“NewEnglandPlanters”.“Planter”
OnOct.12,1758,GovernorCharles
LawrenceofNovaScotiaissueda
proclamation published in the
Boston Gazette advertising free
land to prospective New England
settlers who could apply for land
grantsinNovaScotia.Ashorttime
later,GovernorLawrenceissueda
second proclamation stating that
familiescouldreceive100acresof
landfortheheadofthehousehold,
and50acresforeachmemberofthe
family,uptoatotalof1,000acres,
taxfree,for10years.
With the Deportation of the
Acadiansstartingin1755,thefall
ofLouisbourgin1758,Québecin
1759and Montrealin1760, New
FrancewasnowBritish,andNova
ScotiawasasafeplaceforEnglish
Protestantstosettle.
NEWENGLAND
PLANTERS
Although Nova Scotia was under
Britishruleafterthe1713Treatyof
Utretch, its main population was
composedoftheAcadiansandtheir
friends, the Mi’kmaq. British
settlershadnotbeenflockingfrom
England, New England or other
Protestantareasbecausetheydidnot
wanttobeaminorityinwhatwasa
Britishterritoryinnamealone.
Therewere3,000BlackLoyalists
inthismigration.SirGuyCarleton
inNewYorkhonouredtheBritish
pledgeoffreedomafterthewar.The
namesoftheBlackLoyalistswere
writtenintheBookofNegroeswhich
grantedthemfreedomandland.
TheLoyalistswerepromisedLand
GrantsinNovaScotia.Uponarrival,
they outnumbered the English,
Acadian, Planter and Mi’kmaw
populationinthearea.About500
LoyalistsarrivedinAnnapolisRoyal
FollowingtheBritishdefeat,many
Loyalists emigrated to British
colonies in 1783 1784 to live
under British rule. Nova Scotia,
which at the time consisted of
presentdayNovaScotiaandNew
Brunswick,wasarefugeforover
30,000Loyalistsseekinganewlife.
Scotia(comingfromareasoutside
of the UK) left its mark on the
history of the area. As Acadia
University’s Dr. Margaret Conrad
stated in the title of one of her
books,TheyPlantedWell.
LOYALISTS&
Refugeesdisplacedbywar,politics
andreligionhavebeenapartofthe
humanstorythroughouttheworld
forcenturies.TheAnnapolisRoyal
Areahasalinktoamassmigration
of refugees who came to Nova
Scotiafollowingthedefeatofthe
British during the American
Revolution. They came seeking
independancefromthedominance
ofoppressivegovernance.Theyare
called Loyalists because they
supportedtheBritishcauseinthe
American War of Independence.
Many slaves were promised their
freedom if they fought with the
BritishagainsttheColonists.
BLACKLOYALISTS
NorthHillsMuseum(c.1764)
whosepopulationatthetimewas
around120.Theharshrealitywas
thatNovaScotiadidnothavethe
infrastructure to accommodate
suchalargeinfluxofpeople.
ConditionsinAnnapolisRoyalwere
lessthanideal.SomeLoyalistsalso
broughttheirslaveswiththem,so
noteveryonewasfree.Ofthe500
Loyalists brought to Annapolis
Royal, many moved down to the
Digby area or to Weymouth.
Elsewhere, some Loyalists went
backtotheUnitedStates,andabout
1,200 Black Loyalists left Nova
ScotiaforSierraLeoneandstarted
thecommunityofFreetown.
New Brunswick separatedfrom
NovaScotiain1784.Loyalistswho
hadsettledinSaintJohnandalong
theSaintJohnRiver,startedanew
capitalinFredericton.
Today there are many Loyalist
descendantsinNovaScotia.United
Empire Loyalists throughout the
worldareproudoftheirancestors
wholefttheirmarkwhereverthey
eventuallylocated.
Two of the most notable Black
LoyalistsfromAnnapolisRoyalare
RoseFortuneandherdescendant,
Dr. Daurene E. Lewis, CM. For
theirstoriesseepage48.
Also called British Tories, the
Loyalists included people from
differentculturalgroupsincluding
Scottish, English, Irish, German
and Dutch. Some came from
variousreligiousminoritiessuchas
the Mennonites and Quakers.
Mohawksandapproximately3,000
Black Loyalists also left the U.S.
TheLoyalistswereNovaScotia’s
firstmultiracialrefugees.
RoseFortuneMonument&Plaza
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successivegenerationsofourmosaicofculturessincetheirarrivalinMi’kmak’i.OriginalPaintingby
WillvonDehlcourtesyofBenProudfootandBreakwaterStudios,Ltd.
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MI’KMAQ PortRoyalNHS,FortAnneNHS,O’DellHouseMuseum,Oqwa’titekAmphitheatre,TuppervilleSchool
MuseumandKejimkujikNP&NHS(45minutesaway).NearestMi’kmawcommunityisBearRiverFirstNation(30minutes)
ANNAPOLISHERITAGEGENEALOGICALCENTRELocatedattheO’DellHouseMuseum,Archivesand
ResearchCentre,theGenealogyCentreoffersresourcesaboutfamilieswhomayhavelivedintheAnnapolisRoyalregion
overthepast400years.Hardcopy,microfilmanddigitalresourcesincludeAnnapolisandtheGranvilletownshipbooks,
cemeteryrecords,bothpublishedandunpublishedgenealogies,localnewspapers,theAnnapolisCountydeeds,vitalstatistics,
funeralhomerecords,photographiccollectionandanoutstandingvarietyofAcadianCajunfilesforgenealogicalresearch.
NEWENGLANDPLANTERSO’DellHouseMuseum,FortAnneNHS,GarrisonGraveyard,SinclairInnMuseum
NHSandNorthHillsMuseum–houseconstruction.Nearby:King’sCountyMuseuminKentville(1houraway)
LOYALISTS&BLACKLOYALISTSFortAnneNHS,O’DellHouseMuseum,Mapannapolis,SinclairInnMuseum
NHS,GarrisonGraveyard,NorthHillsMuseum,OldSt.Edward’sAnglicanChurchLoyalistMuseum,RoseFortunePlaza
andHSMBCMonument,RoseFortuneMemorialGravestone,DaureneLewisPlaza–SculptureandVANSDAPlaque,
ColonelJamesDeLancey’sGravesite.Nearby:AdmiralDigbyMuseum,OldLoyalistCemetery&TrinityCemeteryaround
theAnglicanChurchinDigby(30minutesaway)andtheBlackLoyalistHeritageCentreinBirchtown(2hours15minutes)
HISTORICGARDENSTheHistoricGardenshashorticulturaldisplaysspanningtheperiodsofourarea’shistory.
FRENCHPortRoyalNHS,FortAnneNHS
ACADIANSHistoricGardens,FortAnneNHS,MelansonSettlementNHS,O’DellHouseMuseum,Mapannapolis,
SinclairInnMuseumNHS,SaintJeanBaptisteParishCemetery&AcadianMonumentatFortAnneNHS,NorthHills
Museum, Tupperville School Museum & Girouard/Giroir Monument, Belleisle Hall Acadian Cultural Centre, LeBlanc
Monument,ThibodeauMonument.Nearby:GrandPréNHS(75minutesaway),FrenchCrossatMorden(1hour),and
FortEdwardNHS(90minutesaway),UniversitéSainteAnneinChurchPoint(1hour),Clare(1hour)andArgyle(1:40)
SCOTSFortAnneNHS,SinclairInnMuseumNHS
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ArtsPlace
Farmers’&
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Oqwa’titek
Amphitheatre
Lighthouse&Boardwalk
RoseFortune
Plaza&HSMBCMonument
French
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Candlelight
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Outdoor activities are abundant, including hiking trails, biking, golf, canoeing, fishing and bird
watching.Visithistoricsitesandgardens,takeacandlelightgraveyardtour,wanderthroughartists'
studiosandspendaSaturdaymorningattheFarmersandTradersMarket.
Uniqueshopping,livetheatre,gourmetmealsandhistoricinnsand
B&B'smaketheAnnapolisRoyalareatheperfectweekendand
vacationdestination.
SituatedonancestrallandsoftheMi’kmaq,theareawassettledin1605byasmallgroupofFrench
explorersledbySieurdeMonsandSamueldeChamplain.TheFrenchnamedtheharbourPortRoyaland
builttheHabitationascentrefortheiroperationsinAcadie.AsoneoftheoldestEuropeansettlements
inCanada,AnnapolisRoyalisoneofonlyafewNationalHistoricDistrictsinthecountry.
InAnnapolisRoyalyouwillenjoyadelightfulblendofcultureand
stunningsceneryasyoustrollthroughthecenturies.
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Phone9025322043foryourfreetravelkitorcheckoutthewebsiteatwww.annapolisroyal.com
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QueenAnneInn
UpperClementsCottages/RVPark
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Bainton'sTanneryOutlet
BearRiverVineyards
BlueMindGallery
Crown&Anchor
DawnOmanArtGallery
CasaNovaFineBeverages
Fraser’sProHomeCentre
FortViewGolfProShop
IntegrityPrinting
FlightofFancy
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Weasy’sHairSalon&Art
WilsonsGasStops
TartanWave
Miller’sIndependent
StillFiredDistilleries
PaulaHafting,RE/MAX
ScOceanViewGifts
PortRoyalAnimalHospital
RoundHillStudio
RobinHoodiesRewildingCo
ThePottingShed
RedDoorThriftStore
TheRedOnionMarket
RE/MAXBannerRealEstate
StephanieKossmann
PortRoyalCheese
CarlisleHouseTeaRoom
TheChocolateShop&Café
DiValerio’sSweets&Savories
BistroEast
BrownDogKitchen
ElmTreeCafé
FortAnneCafé
FoundersHouseDining&Drinks
RESTAURANTS
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ARCH&PO
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GermanBakery&Café
JunctionSixteen
TheLequillePizzaShop
LobsterHootenanny
Lunn’sMillBeerCompany
NewCharlie'sPlace
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DelapsCoveWildernessTrail
PortRoyalNationalHistoricSite
NorthHillsMuseum
OldTidalPowerStation(Closed)
AnnapolisBasinTidalBeachPark
BoatLaunch,Dock&SportFishing
ArtsPlace
Queen'sKingsWharf
Oqwa’titekAmphitheatre
Lighthouse
ScenicBoardwalk
SinclairInnMuseum
Wharf
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toExploreAcadie.Fortoursandhistory,seepages5,1821andtheAcadianVisitorsGuideonpages3247.
TakeRoute8towardsKejimkujikNationalPark.TheGristMill(22),ontheDugwayRoadinLequille,islocated
onlyabout5minutesfromtheAnnapolisRoyalstoplight.ContinueonRoute8towardsKejimkujik(28),only45
minutesfromAnnapolisRoyal.BesuretoalsostopandenjoyMickeyHillPocketWilderness(27)andRaven
HavenBeachsideFamilyPark(43).Formoreinformationontheseattractionsseepage17.
FromAnnapolisRoyalcrossthecausewayandtakethefirstleftforprebookedHandsOnFreshPastaexperiences
(50).GothroughGranvilleFerrytovisitNorthHillsMuseum(3)MelansonSettlementNationalHistoricSite
(38)PortRoyalNationalHistoricSite(2)PonyExpressMonument(26)andVictoriaBeach(40).Comeback
towardsPortRoyalthencrosstheNorthMountaintoDelapsCoveWildernessTrail(1)andtheBayofFundy
shore.ExploreParkersCove,Young’sCoveandthebeachatHampton,thencontinueSouthtoBridgetown.
ReturntoAnnapolisRoyalviaHighway1forBroussardPanel(52),LeBlancMonument(39)andBelleisleHall
AcadianCulturalCentre(51),orreturnonthe#201tovisittheThibodeauMonument(42),DeLanceyGravesite
(44),TuppervilleSchoolMuseum&Girouard/GiroirMonument(56)andthe74thCrusadersMotorcycleClub(54).
Highway1toFortViewGolfCourse&WhaleWatching
Artists’Studios&GalleriesTour&Champlain’sGoodCheerTrail
ExploreUpperClementsTrails,AnnapolisBasinTidalBeachPark&Digby
Historic&ScenicCircleTourincludingBridgetownandtheBayofFundy
TravelWestonHwy1todiscoverUpperClementsTrails(55),AnnapolisBasinTidalBeachPark(5)andthen
exploreDigby(only30minutesaway).StopattheAdmiralDigbyMuseumforinformationabouttheLoyalists.
FortViewGolfCourse(23)islocatedonHighway1,onlyabout2minutesfromtheAnnapolisRoyalstoplighten
routetoDigby.VisitOldSt.Edward’sLoyalistChurch(25)inClementsportandcontinueonforWhaleWatching
expeditions(41)withMarinerCruisesinWestportonBrierIsland(2hoursfromAnnapolis).Ifyou’regoing
whalewatching,besuretoallowplentyoftimesinceferryschedulesareinvolved.Refertopage6forfishingand
whalewatchingadventuresandpages6,10,11and13forotherareaattractions.
Route8toRavenHavenBeach&KejimkujikNationalPark&NationalHistoricSite
MiddletonRailwayMuseum(45)Canada'slargestcollectionofDominionAtlanticRailwaymemorabilia
islocatedinnearbyMiddleton,only30min.away.(Seep.11.)TravelEastonHwy101.Takeexit#18,turnright.Travel
SouthtoHwy1.TurnleftandleftagainonSchoolStreettonumber61.
Seep.9foraselftourofnearbyArtGalleries&Artists’Studios.TheMaponp.23showstheirlocationsin
AnnapolisRoyal.DawnOman’sArtGallery(58)andAngelaPriveGlassArt(60)inBridgetownare20min.from
Annapolis.BlueMindGallery(59)andFlightofFancy(36)inBearRiverareabout23min.away.Forthose
drivingfurtheruptheAnnapolisValley,TheArtShack(57)isinMargaretsville,44minfromAnnapolisRoyal&14
minfromMiddleton.Champlain’sGoodCheerTraillocations(p.16)includeStillFiredDistilleries(46)onHwy
8inLequille,3min.fromAnnapolis;Lunn’sMillBeerCompany(48)inLawrencetownviaHwy201,28min.
away;CasaNovaFineBeverages(47)inBearRiverEast,20min;andBearRiverVineyards(49),23minaway.
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HistoricandScenicCircleTour
ExploretheBayofFundy
andOldestSettlementRoad
Sponsoredby
THEHISTORICALASSOCIATION
OFANNAPOLISROYALsince1992
HeatedPool
WagonRides
WalkingTrails
Playgrounds
PaddleBoats
FirePits
854 Parker Mountain Road
Parker’s Cove, NS
902-532-2564
HousekeepingCottages
ServicedCampsites
www.mountaintopcottages.ca
NorthHillsMuseum
Operated by the Nova Scotia
Museum and Annapolis Heritage
Society, North Hillsis one of the
province’soldesthouses.Builtbya
Planter(c.1764),thesmall,square,
saltbox house is now full of
Georgian treasures, mostly from
England. It showcases 1700s and
1800s art, 1714 through 1830
porcelain, 1700s glassware, plus
elegantly crafted oak, walnut and
mahogany furniture. An Acadian
aboiteau from the Melanson
SettlementNHSisalsoondisplay.
AnnapolisRoyalto
GranvilleFerry
Abouta quartermilepastthe
oldTidalPowerPlant,turnleftfor
Port Royal, Canada’s Oldest
SettlementRoadandaFundyCoast
adventure.InGranvilleFerryyou'll
discovermanypicturesquehomes,
several of which are now B&Bs.
Youcaneventakeapastamaking
class.(Seep.13.)Parkingareasoffer
scenic vistas of Annapolis Royal
acrosstheriver.Aboutahalfmile
after Granville Ferry Community
Hall,besuretostopandvisitlovely
NorthHillsMuseum.
MelansonSettlement
NHS&Port-RoyalNHS
MelansonSettlementNational
HistoricSite,oneofCanada’sbest
preservedpredeportationAcadian
archaeologicalsites,isjustbefore
PortRoyalNationalHistoricSite.
TheHabitationisareconstruction
of one of the first European
settlements in North America,
foundedin1605bySieurdeMons
andSamueldeChamplain.Costumed
interpretersbringthestoryofFrench
interactionwiththeMi’kmaqtolife
withperioddemosanddescriptions
oflifeina1605furtradingpost.The
first European cereal crops in the
countryweresownattheHabitation,
firstEuropeandramawaswrittenand
stagedin1606,andthefirstEuropean
socialclubheldinNorthAmerica,the
OrderofGoodCheer,wasstartedin
1607tohelppassawaylongwinter
nights.Stepbackintime.
DelapsCove
WildernessTrail
In addition to a scenic wharf
and fishing fleet, two trails offer
CoastalAccessPark
ContinueeasttoYoung’sCove
Young’sCoveand
In Hillsburn you’ll find The
Crow’sNestSeafoodbeforearriving
inParkersCove,thelargestwharfin
thearea.Anactivelobsterfishing
district,thefishermenschedulework
around the 30foot tides. At low
tide,youcanwalkonthebottomof
theflooroftheBayofFundyand
investigateintertidalmarinelife.
DelapsCoveto
Hampton
Followtheruggedcoastlineof
theworldfamousBayofFundyon
awildernessescapewithpanoramic
vistasandaccesstotheBayofFundy.
CoastalAccessPark.Itincludesa
BayofFundyviewingarealessthan
10 minutes from the parking lot.
theShoreRoad,stretching20miles
from Delaps Cove to Hampton.
See lighthouses, cobble beaches
and fishing wharves. Enjoy salt
water marine life, photography,
birdwatching,hikingandkayaking.
toAnnapolisRoyal
DrivethroughPhinneyCoveto
picturesqueHampton.Turnleftoff
ShoreRoadtoHamptonBeach.The
wharfisagreatspotformackerel
fishingandspectacularsunsets.See
the historic Hampton Lighthouse
(circa1911),climbthetowerfora
bird’seyeviewandenjoytwotidal,
cobblebeachesforswimmingand
beachcombing.
Recross the North Mountain
to Valleyview Provincial Park for
great views, picnic tables and
washrooms.ContinuetoBridgetown
for a visit to Dawn Oman’s Art
Gallery,AngelaPriveGlassArtand
Junction Sixteen Kitchen & Bar.
Lunn’sMillCraftBeerBreweryis
nearbyinLawrencetown.Returnto
AnnapolisRoyalonHwy1forthe
BroussardPanel,LeBlancMonument
andBelleIsleHallAcadianCultural
Centre or on Hwy 201 for The
Lequille Pizza Shop, DeLancey
Gravesite, the Thibodeau and
Girouard/Giroir Monuments,
TuppervilleSchoolMuseumandthe
74th Crusaders Motorcycle Club.
Enjoyapicnic,hikealongtheshore,
explore tidal pools and be on the
lookoutforsealsandfishingboats.
HamptontoBridgetown
Port-Royalto
VictoriaBeach
ContinueontoVictoriaBeach,
pastanold18thcenturyAnglican
Church,PonyExpressmarker&the
SchafnerPointLighthouse(1885).At
lowtidewalkclamflatsatThorne’s
Cove,exploreoldgraveyardsand
enjoyagorgeousviewoftheDigby
GutandBayofFundy.Youcanalso
fishoffthewharfatVictoriaBeach.
Port-Royalto
FundyShore
Going back toward Granville
Ferry,turnleftontoHollowMountain
Road.Travelthroughfivemilesof
woodlandovertheNorthMountain
toreachthescenicBayofFundy.
Turnleft tovisit DelapsCovefor
campingandhikingadventures.
NorthHillsMuseum,PortRoyalNHS,ParkersCove,DelapsCoveWildernessTrail,andTuppervilleSchoolMuseumarepopularareaattractions.
ParkersCove TuppervilleSchoolMuseum
MotorcycleClub
104BikeClubLane,Moschelle
9025327269,74thCrusaders.ca
.
CANDLELIGHT
TOUR
GarrisonGraveyardwithAlanMelanson
FortAnneNationalHistoricSite
9PM,MIDJUNEtoMIDSEPT.
$20*ExactCashOnly.Nochange.
Noreservations.9025323035
www.TourAnnapolisRoyal.com
DelapsCove
ARTSPLACE,ANNAPOLISREGION
COMMUNITYARTSCOUNCIL
396St.GeorgeSt.
9025327069,Fax:9025327357
www.arcac.ca
ANNAPOLISRIVERFESTIVAL
July13,2024,JubileePark,Bridgetown
carp@annapolisriver.ca
www.annapolisriver.ca/riverfest
ANNAPOLISROYAL
HISTORICGARDENS
441St.GeorgeSt.
9025327018
www.historicgardens.com
BELLEISLEHALL
ACADIANCULTURALCENTRE
16LittleBrookLane,GranvilleFerry
9022472019,FollowonFacebook
www.facebook.com/groups/
204995450744155
CANDLELIGHT
GRAVEYARDTOURS
SeeWebsiteforSchedule,9025323035
www.TourAnnapolisRoyal.com
FESTIVALOFDANCE
ANNAPOLISROYAL(FODAR)
July1620,2024,King’sTheatre
FB,IGandTwitter@fodardance
9025327704,www.fodar.ca
FORTANNENHS
323St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025322397,9025322321
www.pc.gc.ca/fortanne
FORTVIEWGOLFCOURSE
3816Hwy1,AnnapolisRoyal
9025327267
www.fortviewgolf.com
GRAND-PRÉNHS
2205GrandPréRoadinGrandPré,N.S
9025423631
www.pc.gc.ca/grandpre
HANDSONFRESHPASTA
2.5hrclasses;Yourgroup,2to6people.
GranvilleFerry.Prebook:9025328142
hands.on.freshpasta@gmail.com
KEJIMKUJIKNATIONALPARK
&NATIONALHISTORICSITE
3005KejimkujikMainParkway,
MaitlandBridge,9026822772
9026822770,www.pc.gc.ca/keji
KING’STHEATRESOCIETY
209St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025327704
www.kingstheatre.ca
LINEDANCINGATTHE“O”
FreeLineDanceClasses,Thurs.78pm
Fordates:9025323035orvisit
www.ExploreAnnapolisRoyal.com
MARINERCRUISES
WHALE&SEABIRDTOURS
Westport,BrierIsland,NSB0V1H0
9028392346,18002392189
www.novascotiawhalewatching.ca
MELANSONSETTLEMENTNHS
3870GranvilleRd.,PortRoyal
www.pc.gc.ca/melanson
MIDDLETONRAILWAYMUSEUM
61SchoolSt.,inMiddleton,NS
9028256062
www.middletonrailwaymuseum.ca
NAT’LHISTORICDISTRICTTOURS
Public&PrivateTours,9025323035
Seewebfordates,times&tourinfo.
www.TourAnnapolisRoyal.com
NORTHHILLSMUSEUM
5065GranvilleRd.,GranvilleFerry
9025322168
www.annapolisheritagesociety.com
O’DELLHOUSEMUSEUM,
ARCHIVES&RESEARCHCENTRE
136St.GeorgeSt.
9025327754
www.annapolisheritagesociety.com
PORT-ROYALLEGION
BRANCH21
66VictoriaSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025325196
PORT-ROYALNHS
53HistoricLane,PortRoyal
9025322898
www.pc.gc.ca/portroyal
PORTROYALSPORTFISHING
FishingGuideServices,9022500807
portroyalsportfishing@gmail.com
www.portroyalsportfishing.ca
RAVENHAVEN
BEACHSIDEFAMILYPARK
SandyBottomLake,20min.to
Annapolis,9025327320
www.AnnapolisCounty.ca
SINCLAIRINNMUSEUM
230St.GeorgeSt.
9025320996
www.annapolisheritagesociety.com
TUPPERVILLESCHOOLMUSEUM
2663Hwy201,Tupperville
9027010371
www.TuppervilleSchoolMuseum.ca
BANK
RBCROYALBANK,ANNAPOLIS
248St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025322371,Fax:9025327341
www.rbcroyalbank.com
BEER,WINE,CIDER,SPIRITS
&LOCALLYHAND-CRAFTED
ANNAPOLISBREWINGCOMPANY
302St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9022862080(AcrossfromFortAnne)
www.annapolisbrewing.com
BEARRIVERVINEYARDS
133ChuteRd.,BearRiver
9024674156
www.bearrivervineyards.com
CASANOVAFINEBEVERAGES
2635ClementsvaleRd.,BearRiverEast
9024670363
www.CasaNovaFineBeverages.com
LUNN’SMILLBEERCOMPANY
515CarletonRd.,Hwy201in
Lawrencetown,9025842217
www.lunnsmill.beer
MADHATTERWINEBAR
213St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025322070
www.facebook.com/MadHatterWineBar
PORTROYALLEGION,BR#21
SeeAttractions,prevouscolumn
STILLFIREDDISTILLERIES
9548Hwy8,AnnapolisRoyal
9024717083
www.stillfireddistilleries.com
B&Bs,INNs,Suites&Motel
ANNAPOLISROYALINN
&SUITES
3924Hwy.1,AnnapolisRoyal
9025322323,18888578889
www.AnnapolisRoyalInn.com
BLACKWOOD’S
BREAD&ROSESINN
82VictoriaStreet,AnnapolisRoyal
9025325727
www.breadandrosesinn.ca
CARLISLEHOUSEINN/TEAROOM
548St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025322100,info@carlislehouse.ca
www.carlislehouse.ca
GARRISONHOUSEINN
350St.George,AcrossfromFortAnne
9025325750
www.garrisonhouseinn.ca
GRANDOAKMANORB&B
5345GranvilleRoad,GranvilleFerry
9023081592
www.grandoakbnb.ca
HILLSDALEHOUSEINN
519St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025322345,18778392821
www.hillsdalehouseinn.ca
JUSTBLODGING
92PrinceAlbertRd.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025322392
www.justblodging.ca
THELARK&LOONINN
643St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9022862068
www.larkandloon.ca
QUEENANNEINN
494St.GeorgeSt.
9025327850,18775360403
www.queenanneinn.ns.ca
COTTAGES,TENTS,RVs
DUNROMINCAMPGROUND
4618Hwy#1(2min.E.ofAnnapolis)
9025322808,Waterfrontcamping&
cabins.www.dunromincampground.ca
FUNDYTRAIL
CAMPGROUND&COTTAGES
15min.northofARonBayofFundy
inDelapsCove,camp@fundytrail.com
9025327711,www.fundytrail.com
KEJIMKUJIKNP&NHS
Campsitesfortents,trailers,RVs+
RoofedoTENTik,Ôasis,rusticcabin,or
yurt.9026822772,www.pc.gc.ca/keji
MILFORDHOUSE
5296Highway8,SouthMilford
9025322617
www.milfordhouse.ca
MOUNTAINTOPCOTTAGES
854ParkerMountainRd.(5minfrom
Annapolis),9025322564
www.mountaintopcottages.com
PORTWADEGLAMPINGDOMES
1919GranvilleRd,PortWade
9022470501
www.portwadeglampingdomes.ca
UPPERCLEMENTSCOTTAGES
&RVPARK
Only5minfromAnnapolisRoyal
3059Hwy1,9025320269
www.upperclementscottages.com
ART&ARTISTS,ANTIQUES,
BOOKS&COLLECTIBLES
ANGELAPRIVEGLASSART
10QueenStreetinBridgetown
9028246526
angelapriveglassart@gmail.com
ANNAPOLISARTTHERAPY
JAMES&JAIMELEELIGHTLE
228St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025325186
www.annapolisarttherapy.org
THEARTSHACK
LocatedinMargaretsvilleatthewest
endnexttothevillagewharf.
www.TheArtistsCircle.ca
BLUEMINDGALLERY
1888ClementsvaleRoadinBearRiver
9024671212
www.bluemindgallery.com
BONNETTHOUSEARTGALLERY
158St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025327066
www.bonnetthouseartgallery.com
DAWNOMANARTGALLERY
298GranvilleStreetinBridgetown
9025882002,dawnoman@gmail.com
www.dawnomanart.com
FAR-FETCHEDANTIQUES&ART
218St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025320179
www.facebook.com/FarFetchedGallery
FLIGHTOFFANCY
1869ClementsvaleRd.,BearRiver
9024674171
www.theflight.ca
GEOFFBUTLERARTGALLERY
212St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025262223
www.GeoffButlerArtist.weebly.com
THEGREENBARN
140VictoriaSt.(nexttotheoldTrain
Station)inhistoricAnnapolisRoyal
9025323066,www.thegreenbarn.ca
H’ARTSHOUSEOFARTS
15ChurchSt.(AcrossfromMarket)
harts.annapolis@gmail.com
FollowonFacebook
LADYSLIPPERANTIQUES
5469Highway1,GranvilleCentre,NS
7824460055
MADHATTERBOOKS
213St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025322070
www.baintons.ca
MAREGOLDBOOKSTORE
212St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
AcrossfromKing’sTheatre
www.facebook.com/maregoldbookstore
REDDOORTHRIFTSTORE
6321Highway1,Belleisle,NS
9028257551,inoldBelleisleSchool
FollowonFacebook
ROUNDHILLSTUDIO
228St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025325186
www.roundhillstudio.com
STEPHANIEKOSSMANN
585St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
LocatedinTheOldForgeBuilding
www.StephanieKossman.art
WAYNEBOUCHERVISUALARTS
253St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9029555606
www.wayneboucher.ca
WEASY’SHAIRSALON&ART
(SeeHairSalonnextpage)
ATTRACTIONS&EXPERIENCES
74thCRUSADERS
MOTORCYCLECLUB
104BikeClubLane,Moschelle,NS
9025327269
www.74thCrusaders.ca
ACADIAN/MI’KMAQTOURS
Publicandprivatetours,9025323035
Seewebfordates,times&tourinfo.
www.TourAnnapolisRoyal.com
ANNAPOLISROYAL
FARMERS&TRADERSMARKET
AcrossfromWharf&King’sTheatre
May11Oct.12,Saturdays,9am1pm
July3Aug.28,Wednesdays,9am1
www.annapolisroyalfarmersmarket.com
ANNAPOLISROYALLIBRARY
&COMMUNITYHUB
143RitchieSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025322226,www.valleylibrary.ca
www.arlibraryfriends.org
ANNAPOLISCOMMUNITYPOOL
Reopening2025.Helpussaveourpool.
Fundsneededforanewliner.Donations
appreciated.www.annapolispool.org
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ANNAPOLISROYAL&AREACHURCHDIRECTORY
AllSaintsAnglican,GibsonLake.......................................................
UnitedBaptistChurch,AnnapolisRoyal............................................
St.Luke’sAnglicanChurch,AnnapolisRoyal....................................
AnnapolisBasinVineyard,AnnapolisRoyal......................................
St.George&St.AndrewsUnitedChurch,AnnapolisRoyal...............
St.LouisCatholicChurch,AnnapolisRoyal......................................
HabitationBaptistChurch,PortRoyal...............................................
HillsburnBaptistChurch...................................................................
ChristChurchAnglican,Karsdale......................................................
St.Mark’sAnglican,Perotte...............................................................
Parker’sCoveUnitedBaptistChurch................................................
ChurchofJesusChristofLatterDaySaints......................................
FullGospelTabernacle......................................................................
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9025325177
9025320913
9022454817
9025325109
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9022452115
CHARLESSTEWARTELECTRICAL
ResidentialCommercialIndustrial
24HourEmergencyService
(includingweekends&holidays)
Over30YearsExperience
9551Highway8,Lequille
(902)5262237(902)5322424
VisitCharlesStewartElectricalonFacebook
Blackwood'sBread&RosesInn
ElegantHeritagePropertyfromthe1880’sintheheartofAnnapolisRoyal.
8luxuriousguestroomswithwashroomsensuite.Freebreakfastdaily.
AnnapolisRoyalCelebrationTartanavailableforsale.
82VictoriaStreetAnnapolisRoyal,NS902.532.5727
www.breadandrosesinn.ca
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CHURCHTOURS&EVENTS
ST.LUKE’SANGLICANCHURCH
340St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025320913
www.stlukesannapolisroyal.com
DANCEINSTRUCTION
TRANSWORLDDANCE
33rdYear!Fun’n’Fitness,LineDance,
Tap,Jive,Clogging.DurlineMelanson
Dance.Canada@ExplorerGuide.ca
ELECTRICAL
CHARLESSTEWARTELECTRICAL
9551Hwy8,Lequille,9025262237
Facebook:CharlesStewartElectrical
FLORIST
THEPOTTINGSHED
17St.JamesSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025321442
www.thepottingshed.com
FOOD/GROCERIES/GASOLINE
GNOMIE&ME
ACADIANTEASHOP
gnomieandme.acadianteas@gmail.com
9023122439,www.acadianteas.ca
GRANVILLEFERRYMARKET/GAS
4793Hwy1,GranvilleFerry
9025325575
LEQUILLECOUNTRYSTORE/GAS
Route8,Lequille
9025325362
www.lequillecountrystore.com
MILLER’SINDEPENDENT
21St.AnthonySt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025327791
Facebook:Miller’sIndependent
THEREDONIONMARKET
HealthFoodStoreinAnnapolisRoyal
253St.GeorgeSt.,9022862113
www.facebook.com/redonionmarket
PORTROYALCHEESE
170St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9029553684
FollowonFacebook
WILSONSGASSTOPS
4718Hwy1,GranvilleFerry
9025320610(2min.EastofAnnapolis)
GIFTS,CLOTHING&SHOES
ANNAPOLISROYALVARIETY
V&SDEPARTMENTSTORE
292St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9022863111,Fax:9022863110
Facebook:AnnapolisRoyalVarietyStore
BAINTON’STANNERYOUTLET
213St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025322070
www.baintons.ca
THEBLUEOWLGIFTS/HOMEDECOR
268St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025263148
FollowTheBlueOwlonFacebook
CROWN&ANCHOR
24DruryLane(AcrossfromMarket)
9024427552
https://crownanchor.ca
COASTALREFLECTIONS
223St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
rabbior2@eastlink.ca
FANCYJEWELLERS
SeeJewellers,thiscolumn
GARDENSGIFTSHOP
LocatedattheHistoricGardens
9025327018
www.historicgardens.com
ROBINHOODIES–REWILDING
CLOTHINGCOMPANY,50%of
profitsbuyslandtorewild,9026452356
Orderonline:www.robinhoodies.ca
TARTANWAVE
4038017367,tartanwave@gmail.com
www.tartanwave.ca
SCOCEANVIEWGIFTS
258St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
www.facebook.com/scoceanviewgifts
HAIRSALON
WEASY’SHAIRSALON&ART
4730Hwy1inGranvilleFerry
9025322273,39thYear
www.facebook.com/weasyshairsalon
HARDWARE&NEWFURNITURE
ANNAPOLISHOMEHARDWARE
BUILDINGCENTRE
132St.AnthonySt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025327080
www.annapolishomehardware.ca
FRASER’SPROHOMECENTRE
4733Hwy1,GranvilleFerry
9025321500
www.frasers.ca
MIDDLETONHOMEFURNITURE
MiddletonHomeHardware,9028253444
47CommercialStreetinMiddleton
www.homefurniture.ca
THEGARRISONHOUSE
350St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025325750
www.garrisonhouseinn.ca
GERMANBAKERY&CAFÉ
358St.George(AcrossfromFortAnne)
9025321990,AnnapolisRoyal
www.germanbakery.ca
JUNCTIONSIXTEEN
73QueenSt.inBridgetown
9026654141
www.junction16.ca
THELEQUILLEPIZZASHOP
106Hwy201inLequille
9025325207
OnFacebook:TheLequillePizzaShop
LOBSTERHOOTENANNY
519St.GeorgeSt.(AtHillsdaleHouseInn)
9025322345
www.hillsdalehouseinn.ca
LUNN’SMILLBEERCOMPANY
515CarletonRd.,Hwy201in
Lawrencetown,9025842217
www.lunnsmill.beer
NEWCHARLIE’SPLACE
38PrinceAlbertRd.(Hwy1)
9025322111(1blockfromtrafficlight)
THEPOKEBOWL
288St.GeorgeSt.,9023493929
AcrossfromAnnapolisRoyalTownHall
FollowThePokeBowlARonFacebook
ROBIN’SDONUTS
4718Hwy1,GranvilleFerry
9025320610(2min.EastofAnnapolis)
RYLO
4718Hwy1,GranvilleFerry
9025320610(2min.EastofAnnapolis)
SISSIBOOCOFFEEROASTER
262St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
1890ClementsvaleRd.,BearRiver
AR:9022863010,BR:9024670128
www.sissiboocoffee.com
THEWHISKEYTELLER
9ChurchSt.(AcrossfromMarketSquare)
9025320000,AnnapolisRoyal
www.thewhiskeyteller.com
STORAGE
902SELFSTORAGE
111LawrencetownLn,Lawrencetown,NS
9025842122,9025328391
www.902selfstorage.com
TRAVEL
BAYFERRIES
18777627245,www.ferries.ca
TRANSWORLDTRAVEL
33rdyear.9025323034,DurlineMelanson
VISITORINFO
EXPLORERVISITORSGUIDE
30thYear.Alan&DurlineMelanson
9025323035,explorer@explorerguide.ca
www.ExploreAnnapolisRoyal.com
CARMANKERR
MLAANNAPOLIS
10BridgeSt.,Middleton
9023093158,info@carmankerr.ca
CHRISD’ENTREMONT
MPWESTNOVA
368MainSt.,Suite223,Yarmouth
9027426808;18662805302
778MainSt.,Suite2,Kingston:902
2423605;Chris.dEntremont@parl.gc.ca
COUNTYOFANNAPOLIS
752St.GeorgeSt.,P.O.Box100
9025322331(AlexMorrison,Warden)
www.AnnapolisCounty.ca
MAPANNAPOLIS
Mapsofheritageproperties,churches,
wharves,cemeteries,recreation&more
www.mapannapolis.ca
TOWNOFANNAPOLISROYAL
285St.GeorgeSt.,P.O.Box310
9025322043(AmeryBoyer,Mayor)
www.annapolisroyal.com
ZACHCHURCHILL
MLAFORYARMOUTH
396MainSt.,Suite100,Yarmouth
Ph:9027424444;Fax:9027427391
ca@zachchurchill.com
VETERINARIAN
PORTROYALANIMALHOSPITAL
JodyCunningham,DVM;21St.Anthony
902532PETS(7387),AnnapolisRoyal
www.portroyalanimalhospital.com
WHALEWATCHING&FISHING
MARINERCRUISES
WHALE&SEABIRDTOURS
Westport,BrierIsland,NSB0V1H0
9028392346,18002392189
www.novascotiawhalewatching.ca
PORTROYALSPORTFISHING
FishingGuideServices,9022500807
portroyalsportfishing@gmail.com
www.portroyalsportfishing.ca
JEWELLERS
FANCYJEWELLERS
318St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025325185,www.digbyscalloppearl.ca
57WaterSt.,Digby,9022452431
ExclusiveScallopPearljewellery
createdbyCraigFancy,Canadian
diamond,10Kand14Kgoldjewellery,
CanadianmadeMaritimepewter
giftwareandjewellery.
LEGAL
ARMSTRONG&ARMSTRONG
Barristers,Solicitors&Notaries
240St.GeorgeSt.,P.O.Box575
9025322155,Fax:9025327211
PATRICIAL.REARDON
Barrister,Solicitor,NotaryPublic
234St.GeorgeSt.,P.O.Box366
9025327904,9025325560
MOTEL
ANNAPOLISROYALINN
&SUITES
3924Hwy.1,AnnapolisRoyal
9025322323,18888578889
www.AnnapolisRoyalInn.com
PRINTING
INTEGRITYPRINTINGINC.
29QueenSt.inBridgetown(39thyear)
9026654424,www.integrityprinting.ca
*AdivisionofAllenPrintinDartmouth
Brochures,Signs,BusinessCards,
Decals,Banners,Postcards,Booklets,
Posters,Cheques,BusinessForms
REALESTATE
ENGEL&VOLKERS
241St.GeorgeSt.
9025322121
www.novascotia@evrealestate.com
ENGEL&VOLKERSAGENTS
PaulaLeslie:9025262462
LoriPrescesky:9026702430
IsabelleLaForestOuimet,9023081833
RE/MAXBANNERREALESTATE
324St.GeorgeSt.,Celebrating35thYear
9025327501,Fax:9025327288
www.remaxbanner.com
RE/MAXBANNERREALESTATE
PAULAHAFTING
Cell:9022458602;Office:9025327502
paulahafting@gmail.com
www.remaxbanner.com
RESTAURANTS
1SCOOP2SCOOP
286St.GeorgeSt.,9024121900
AcrossfromAnnapolisRoyalTownHall
www.facebook.com/1scoop2scoop
ARCH&POBAKERY
200St.GeorgeSt.
AnnapolisRoyal
@archandpo(902)9553132
BISTROEAST
274St.GeorgeSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9025327992
www.bistroeast.com
BROWNDOGKITCHEN
143RitchieSt.,AnnapolisRoyal
9022001810
www.browndogkitchen.ca
CARLISLEHOUSETEAROOM
548St.GeorgeSt.,ServedDaily14pm
9025322100,info@carlislehouse.ca
www.carlislehouse.ca
THECHOCOLATESHOP
165LowerSt.GeorgeSt.
9025320120,AnnapolisRoyal
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RESTAURANTCOMPOSÉ
NexttoLighthouse,235St.GeorgeSt.
9025321251,AnnapolisRoyal
www.restaurantcompose.com
THECROW’SNEST
3931ShoreRoadWest,Hillsburn:902
5320155;40WaterSt.,Digby:902
2455497.FollowonFacebook
DIVALERIO’S
SWEETS&SAVORIES
324St.GeorgeSt.,9029557447
BakedAndFriedAnnapolis@gmail.com
https://divaleriosoffice.wixsite.com/divalerios
ELMTREECAFÉ
LocatedintheHistoricGardens
9025327018
www.historicgardens.com
FORTANNECAFÉ
AcrossfromFortAnneexit,9025325254
298St.GeorgeSt.,www.fortannecafe.ca
www.facebook.com/fortannecafe
FOUNDERSHOUSE
DINING&DRINKS
LocatedatFortViewGolfCourse
3816Highway1,9025320333
www.foundershousedining.com
GermanBakery&Café
9025321990358St.GeorgeStreetwww.germanbakery.ca
AcrossfromFortAnneDieter&HeideroseClaussing,Owners
BreakfastLunchDinnerCandlelightTourPackages
HOMEMADESOUP,SALAD,SANDWICHES
LICENSED&GLUTENFREEBREADS&MEALS
TRADITIONALGERMANBREADS
PASTRIES&APPLESTRUDEL
LicensedDiningRoom
AnnapolisRoyalLibrary
www.arlibraryfriends.org
143RitchieSt.(902)5322226www.valleylibrary.ca
PublicComputers/24hourWIFI
PublicWashrooms/BicycleLoans
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2 4 1 S T. G E O R G E S T R E E T
EXPLORETheCradleofAcadie
WHATTOSEE&DO
DEC,8,1755DEPORTATION
AnnapolisRoyal1,664
With this year’s Acadian
World Congress being held in
Southwest Nova Scotia, the
AnnapolisRoyalAreaisaperfect
destinationtoserveasyourhome
base.DiscovertheAcadianhistory
and experience activities and
CMA2024festivitiesthatthehost
communities of Clare/Argyle are
organizing to welcome Acadians
from around the world. This 16
pageAcadianGuide, producedby
The Historical Association of
Annapolis Royal, highlights the
things you should see and do to
learnaboutAcadie:thearrivaland
settlementoftheCradleofAcadie
starting in the PortRoyal area in
the1630’s;theExpansionofAcadie
with the migration of Acadians
fromPortRoyaltotheGrandPr é
and Piziquid (Windsor/Falmouth)
regionsstartingintheearly1680s;
andtheReturntoAcadieafterthe
GreatUpheavalwiththesettlingof
thepresentdayAcadianregionsof
ClareandArgyle.
EXPLOREACADIE
UseAnnapolisRoyalAsYourHomeBase
1.FortAnneNHS
2. King’sWharf(DeportationSite)
3.AcadianMonumentandthe
SaintJeanBaptisteParishCemetery
4.HistoricGardens
5.1708deGannesCosbyHouse
6.SinclairInnMuseum
7.O’DellHouseMuseum/Genealogy
8.Acadian/Mi’kmaqTour
9.CandlelightGraveyardTour
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1
Guide
Visitors
Acadian
ForAcadianattractions,maps,videos,deportationinformation,history,music,recipes
andmore,clicktheQRCodeonpage3orvisitwww.ExplorerGuide.ca/acadians.html
4
Wayne Melanson
1957 - 2021
Portraits by M. Hunt
In Loving Memory
info@ExplorerGuide.ca
CARMAN
KERR
MLAforAnnapolis
TheKingsWharf, locatedatFort
AnneNHSinAnnapolisRoyal,is
one of the major 1755 Acadian
AcadianDeportationSite
2.AnnapolisRoyal
region. The grasscovered star
shapedearthenwallsyouseewere
primarilybuiltbetween17021708
bytheFrenchandstrengthenedby
theBritishaftertheytookcontrolin
1710.Acadianssupplied muchof
thelumberfortheconstructionof
the buildings associated with the
fort,aswellasfirewoodtokeepthe
soldierswarm.Theyevenfurnished
somelabourintheconstructionand
maintenance of the military post.
ThefortiswhereAcadiansbrought
theirconcernstoFrenchandthen
British Government Officials. A
fewwereappointedasDeputiesto
representtheAcadianinterests.
they successively controlled the
Theinterpretivedisplaysinthe
Officers’ Quarters Museum offer
wonderfulinsightsintothestoryof
the Mi’kmaq and the Acadians.
Onegainsanunderstandingofthe
socialandpoliticalinteractionsof
theculturalgroupswitheachother,
aswell asthe impactthat French
andBritishMilitaryactionshadon
their wellbeing. Caught in the
middle of two European powers
fightingforcontrolofAcadie/Nova
Scotialedtotragicresultsforthe
Mi’kmaqand theAcadians.Walk
alongthepathwayonthegrounds
of Fort Anne where interpretive
panelsgivemoreinsightsintothe
Acadianstory.FortAnnestaffalso
offer an Acadian Guided Tour
telling the Acadian story while
highlightingtheaspectsofthesite
relatingtotheirhistory.
When visitors see the words
“AnnapolisRoyal”,theydonotget
the impression that the former
BritishcapitalofNovaScotiahas
much to do with the story of the
Acadians.Ifyouexploreabitdeeper,
you’lllearnthattheareawasknown
as PortRoyal before the British
captured it for the final time in
1710.Thisisthe“CradleofAcadie”.
Stroll down old “rue Dauphin”,
nowSaintGeorgeStreet,andyou
willdiscovermoretouchstonesto
theAcadianstorythanmosttowns
you will visit in Nova Scotia.
Explorer Guide recommends the
followingsitestolearnmoreabout
theAcadians.
1.FortAnne
NationalHistoricSite
political and military power for
boththeFrenchandBritishwhen
The PortRoyal/Annapolis Royal
areaserved asthe capitalof both
AcadieandNovaScotia.TheFort
Anne site, known as the Fort at
PortRoyalbeforethefinalBritish
captureof1710,wasthecentreof
The Annapolis Royal Historic
Gardensinterpretsthestoryofthe
PortRoyal/Annapolis Royal area
through various gardens that
featuredifferenttimeperiodsinthe
rich cultural and natural heritage.
The Acadian section features a
replicaof atypical 1671Acadian
House.Notethethatchedroofand
theoutsidebakeoven.Stepinside
andgetafeelofhowtheAcadians
livedintheearlydays ofAcadie.
LookoutthedoorfacingtheAllain
Riverandtheadjacentsaltmarshes
toexperienceaviewplanesimilar
tothatseenbytheearlyAcadians.
ThefirstcensusofAcadiawasin
1671.Asyouventureintoagreat
exampleofanAcadiangarden,note
the interpretive panel with the
Acadian family names that were
enumeratedinthe1671census.Be
certaintotakeawalkonthedyke
thatpreventsthehightidewatersof
theAllainRiverfromfloodingthe
fieldsofhayonthereclaimedsalt
marshes inside the Historic
Gardens.
The Historical Association of
Annap olis R oyal e recte d a
Memorial Gravestone in 2010 to
markthefactthatAcadians,French
Militarysoldiers,andsomeFrench
civil servants were buried in the
SaintJeanBaptisteAcadianParish
Cemeterybetween16321755.The
Acadiansusedwoodencrosses,so
noneof themarkersremain.This
cemeteryislocatedintheGarrison
GraveyardatFortAnneNHS.The
otherAcadiancemeterywastheSt.
Laurent Parish Cemetery, located
upriverinnearbyBelleisle.
DeportationSites.OnDecember8,
1755, one thousand six hundred
and sixty four Acadians were
deported on seven ships to the
BritishColoniesofMassachusetts,
Connecticut, New York, North
Carolina and South Carolina.
SaintJean-Baptiste
AcadianParishCemetery
4.AnnapolisRoyal
HistoricGardens
ParksCanadafliestheAcadianflag
daily at the deportation wharf. It
marks the PortRoyal/Annapolis
Royal area as the “Cradle of
Acadie” and honours the many
contributionsAcadiansmadetothe
region’shistory.
3.AcadianMonumentand
AnnapolisRoyalAcadianWalkingTour
GNOMIE&ME
ACADIANTEASHOP
Acadian
Teas,Cards,Gifts
Merchandise
Accessories
Email:Gnomieandme.
acadianteas@gmail.com
9023122439
www.acadianteas.ca
HISTORYHERITAGE
FAMILY
6.SinclairInnMuseum
Locatedat230SaintGeorgeStreet,
the Sinclair Inn has evolved as a
combinationofstructuresovertime
with the necessary modifications
andmaintenanceneededtoensure
its integrity and usefulness. The
Acadianconnectioniscenteredin
the front part of the structure.
Gunsmith and silversmith Jean
BaptisteSoulardwasappointedthe
King’s Gunsmith in 1708. He
marriedanAcadianwomannamed
LouiseComeauinFebruary1710.
They built their twostory house
usingAcadianbuildingtechniques.
ColonelFrancisNicholsoncaptured
the PortRoyal area in the fall of
1710.Theprospectswerebleakfor
JeanBaptiste and Louise so they
sold the property to JohnAdams
and moved to Qu bec. Go insideé
and explore over 300 years of
building techniques, starting with
the 1710 construction when Port
Royal(nowAnnapolisRoyal)was
still under French control and
Acadians were still the primary
civilianpopulationinthearea.
5.deGannes-CosbyHouse
7.O’DellHouseMuseum,
Archives&ResearchCentre
Locatedat136 St.GeorgeStreet,
the O’Del l Hous e Mus eum
Archives and Research Centre,
Locatedat477SaintGeorgeStreet,
thedeGannesCosbyHouseisthe
oldest wooden house in Canada.
Builtin 1708for MajorLouis de
Gannes de Falaise usingAcadian
building techniques, the structure
featureslargewoodenbeams,mud
and straw insulation called
bousillageandfloorboardssawed
on a waterpowered saw mill.
Twentyonefamilieshavelivedin
this structure since 1708. It is a
privateresidence,butyoucantake
photosfromtheoutside.Thehouse
wasplaquedbytheHSMBCasa
building of national historic
significanceonAugust23,2023.
GraveyardTours
Join10thgenerationAcadianAlan
Melanson as he leads visitors by
candlelightaroundtheoldGarrison
Graveyard/SaintJeanBaptiste
Acadian Graveyard at Fort Anne
National Historic Site. You will
learnaboutthehistoryofAnnapolis
Royal through interesting stories
thatcapturetheculturalmosaicof
thearea.OfnoteforAcadians,you
willhearasynopsisoftheAcadian
storywhenyoustopattheMemorial
Gravestone in SaintJeanBaptiste
Cemeterythatwaserectedin2010
by The Historical Association of
AnnapolisRoyal.Youwillstandon
the site where the SaintJean
BaptisteChurchoncestood.Small
granitemarkerswilllaterbeadded
toshowtheapproximateboundaries
oftheAcadiancemetery.For2024
tour da tes and prices visit
www.TourAnnapolisRoyal.com
9.Candlelight
operatedbytheAnnapolisHeritage
Society,housesexcellentAcadian
archival resources that can help
Acadians do their genealogy and
researchtheirroots.FortheAcadian
WorldCongressin 2024,they are
planning to have a collection of
Acadian artefacts from the Nova
ScotiaMuseumondisplaytofurther
enrichtheAcadianexperience.
8.Acadian/Mi’kmaq
HeritageTour
To make a personal connection
with a 10th generation Acadian
who has been an ambassador for
the Acadian culture in Annapolis
Royalforover40years,joinAlan
MelansonontheAcadian/Mi’kmaq
Heritage Tour. You will gain a
deeper understanding about the
Acadians and Mi’kmaq, their
interactionsandalliances,andyou
willfeelaspecialconnectiontothe
“CradleofAcadie”asyouhearthe
storyonthesiteswheretheyactually
happened.Forscheduleandprices
www.TourAnnapolisRoyal.com
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explorer,2024OfficialVisitorsGuide,Page33
Acadie
of
TheCradle
EXPLORETheCradleofAcadie
WHATTOSEE&DO
EXPLOREMORE
www.Mapannapolis.ca
1707Census
“AuCoeurdel’Acadie”Map
Europeans called the land
Acadie. The word comes from
either the Greek word “Arcadia”
which was a paradise of Greek
antiquity, or from the Mi’kmaw
word“ekatie”meaninglandof,or
place of. They developed a self
sufficient,independentlifestyleby
building dikes and farming the
fertile reclaimed marshlands.
With successive generations born
in Acadie, and with very little
immigration from France, the
settlers become known as the
Acadians.
The PortRoyal/Annapolis
Royalareaisthe“CradleofAcadie”
becauseitisalongthetidalshores
of the rivière Dauphin (now the
Annapolis River), in the section
spanningfromGoatIsland(across
fromPortRoyalNHS)toParadise
(paradis terrestre), that French
colonistscameundertheleadership
ofCharlesdeMenouD’Aulnayto
settleandmaketheareatheirhome.
TheMi’kmaq,inhabitantsof
theselandssincetimeimmemorial,
showed the new settlers how to
adapt and survive in this land of
abundance.
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1.PortRoyalNHS
2.MelansonSettlementNHS
3.NorthHillsMuseum
4.BelleIsleAcadianCulturalCentre
5.LeBlancFamilyMonument
6.JosephBroussardPanel
7.BloodyCreekMonument
8.GirroirFamilyMonument
9.ThibodeauFamilyMonument
.LequilleGristmill
ViewofAllainRiver
AuCoeurdel’AcadieMap
Mapannapolis
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Acadianstory.
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CO MMONS
Chrisd’Entremont
Email:
Chris.dEntremont@parl.gc.ca
Tollfree:18662805302
MemberofParliament
forWestNova
DéputédeNovaOuest
778MainStreet,Suite2
Kingston,NSB0P1R0
9022423605
Ottawa,ONK1A0A6
6139955711
368MainStreet,Suite223
Yarmouth,NSB5A1E9
9027426808
A A AN D
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Wishingyouamemorable
visittoourbeautifulregionof
WestNova.
Souhaitantàvoustous,un
agréableséjourdansnotre
bellerégiondeNovaOuest.
HOUSE OF
C H A M B R E D E S C O MM U N ES
ForAcadianattractions,maps,videos,deportationinformation,history,dance,recipes
music&more,clicktheQRCodeonpage3orvisitwww.ExplorerGuide.ca/acadians.html
AcadianCircleBikingorDrivingTour
TheCradleofAcadie
5.LeBlancMonument
Located a 12 minute drive from
3.NorthHillsMuseum
Located a 6 minute drive from
AnnapolisRoyalat5065Granville
Road in Granville Ferry, this site
was the location of theAbraham
Bourg farm. It is operated by the
Annapolis Heritage Society. A
section of an aboiteau from the
MelansonSettlementisondisplay
intheinterpretivebarn.Theother
sectionispartofthedisplaysinthe
interpretive centre at GrandPr é
NationalHistoricSite.
4.BelleisleHall
AcadianCulturalCentre
Located only 11 minutes from
Annapolis Royal on the former
Savoie/Savoy land at 16 Little
BrookLaneinBelleisle,thecultural
centreisanengagingplacetomeet,
interact, and learn about the
Acadianculture.Thebuildinghasa
kitchen, stage, chairs, tables,
artifacts,plaquesand washrooms.
Itisangreatlocationforconcerts,
presentationsandgatherings.Some
specialmusicalprogramsarebeing
plannedfor2024.Auniquefeature
isanoutdoorworkingAcadianoven
built by Charlie and Jennifer that
theyusetocreatesavouryofferings.
Aftersecondandthirdgenerations
ofsettlementtheseFrenchsettlers
becametheAcadians.
2.MelansonSettlement
NationalHistoricSite
Located an 11 minute drive from
AnnapolisRoyalontheGranville
Road in PortRoyal, Melanson
Settlement was established by
CharlesMelansonandMarieDugas
in1664.TheMelansonSettlement
archaeological site is the most
thoroughly documented Acadian
site. It commemorates Acadian
settlement along the Dauphin
River,nowtheAnnapolisRiver.
1.Port-Royal
NationalHistoricSite
Located a 12 minute drive from
Annapolis Royal at 53 Historic
Lane in PortRoyal, the site
interprets early French settlement
beforethearrivaloftheAcadians,
as well as the trade and social
interactions between the French
and the Mi’kmaq between 1605
1613. The PortRoyal Habitation
was burned down in 1613 by the
BritishfromJamestown,Virginia.
AlthoughthePortRoyalHabitation
is not an Acadian site, it laid a
foundationfortheFrenchfamilies
whocamewithCharlesdeMenou
d’Aulnayinthe1630sandsettled
inthePortRoyal(nowAnnapolis
Royal) area along the Dauphin
River (now Annapolis River)
between Goat Island to Paradis
Terrestre(nowParadise).
Located a 13 minute drive from
AnnapolisRoyalonHighway1at
Hebb’s Landing in nearby Upper
Granville,apanelpayingtributeto
Acadian resistance leader Joseph
Broussard dit Beausoleil will be
unveiledbytheMunicipalityofthe
CountyofAnnapolisonAugust14,
2024from45pm.Theceremony
will be held between during the
2024AcadianWorldCongress.
7.BloodyCreekNHS
6.BroussardPanel
8.Girouard/GiroirVillage
Monument&Tupperville
SchoolMuseum
Located a 17 minute drive from
AnnapolisRoyalonHighway201
inCentrelea,thesitecommemorates
twoattacksontheBritishGarrison
postedatAnnapolisRoyal.Thefirst
attack occurred on June 11, 1711
whenanAbenakimilitia attacked
Britishsoldiers.Thesecondattack
took place on December 9, 1757
when an Acadian militia and a
Mi’kmaq militia battled members
oftheBritishGarrison.
Located a 13 minute drive from
AnnapolisRoyalattheTupperville
School Museum, 2663 Highway
201,thegranitemonumenthonours
the Girouard/Giroir Village,
established circa 1690 by Jacque
GirouardandMargueriteGautrot.
It was unveiled in Tupperville as
part of the Girouard Family
Reunionduringthe2004Acadian
WorldCongress.
AnnapolisRoyalat71Marshland
Road in Belleisle, the LeBlanc
Monument marks the ancestral
home of Daniel Leblanc and
FrançoiseGaudet,theancestorsof
allAcadianLeBlancs.TheAcadian
flag flies proudly at the site. A
monument and interpretive panel
explainthehistory.
9.ThibodeauMonument
Located a 9 minute drive from
AnnapolisRoyalonHighway201
in Round Hill (formerly Pr é
Ronde),the monumentmarks the
landsofPierreThibodeauandhis
wife Jeanne Theriot. Pierre
Thibodeau built a waterpowered
mill to grind grains grown in the
area.HestartedtheAcadianvillage
of Chipoudy in 1698 and died in
1704atPr Ronde.é
Located a 4 minute drive from
Annapolis Royal on the Dugway
RoadisapristineviewoftheAllain
River and marsh (named after
LouisAllain).Louisbuiltawater
powered gristmill and a water
poweredsawmillontheriver.Take
aphoto andencapsulate theview
plane that the original Acadians
would have seen from this
10.LequilleGristMill
Located4minutesfromAnnapolis
Royal on the Dugway Road in
Lequille,onefindsahydroelectric
power station built by the Nova
Scotia Power Corporation in the
formofanearlyFrenchGristMill.
The French at the PortRoyal
Habitation grew wheat where the
presentday Fort Anne National
HistoricSiteislocatedinAnnapolis
Royal.In1607,Poutrincourtbuilta
gristmillinthisgenerallocationto
grind the wheat into flour using
water power. When the families
whobecametheAcadianscameto
the region with d’Aulnay in the
1630s, they harnessed water and
wind as a source of power for
sawmillsandgristmills.
11. View of Allain River
fromLequilleGristmillSite
del’AcadieMap
12.1707AuCoeur
vantagepoint.Ifyoucontinuefora
couple of minutes, the Dugway
Road comes back to Highway 1.
Turnrightanddrive1minuteback
toAnnapolisRoyal.Asyoucross
theAllain River Bridge, you will
seetheAllainRiverandmarshfrom
adifferentperspectiveasyoulook
right.Lookingleft,youwillseethe
mouth of the Allain River as it
flowsintotheAnnapolisRiver.
Mapannapolisisavolunteergroup
that does an excellent job of
presentingthehistoryofAnnapolis
County through their StoryMaps,
Videos, Blogs, Research and
interestingpresentationsaswellas
handson learning and active
participation. Explorer Guide
encourages anyone who has an
interestintheAcadianstorytovisit
theirwebsitewww.mapannapolis.ca
13.Mapannapolis
Created for the 2004 Acadian
WorldCongressbyCraigBrigley,a
studentattheCollegeofGeographic
SciencesinnearbyLawrencetown,
themapcorrelatesthe1707Census
of PortRoyal Map drawn by
deLabat showing the Acadian
familieslivingalongtheDauphin
River with the modern roads and
geographic structures. The scale
and placement of the Acadian
houses on the modern map give
Acadiansasenseofplaceofwhere
theirancestorslivedin1707.Some
Acadianswillnotfindtheirfamily
namesbecausemanyhadmovedto
othertidalregionssuchasGrand
Pr , Beaubassin, Piziquid, andé
Cobequidby1707.
201
1
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8
101
Youngs
Cove
Parkers
Cove
Delaps
Cove
Victoria
Beach RoundHill
Lequille
GranvilleFerry
Port
Royal
Clementsport
Upper
Clements Lake
Larose
Perotte
Greywood
Cornwallis
Bear
River
Digby
Virginia
East
Clementsvale
Smiths
Cove
217
Hampton
Bridgetown
AnnapolisRoyal
13
Ferry
Terminal
Whale
Watching
10
27
BayofFundy
AnnapolisBasin
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www.TourAnnapolisRoyal.com
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DistrictWalkingTours,Acadian/Mi’kmaqHeritage
Tours and Candlelight Graveyard Tours with
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AtourAnnapolisRoyalLighthouse,
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Acadie
TheCradle of
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16 Little Brook Lane
Belleisle, NS Followus!
TheCradleofAcadie
Ml'KMAWHAPPYCHANT
TheMi’kmaqwerealliesoftheFrench.TheyhelpedtheAcadianssurviveinthe
earlyyearsofEuropeansettlementbyshowingandsharingthefoodandmedicines
thatMotherNatureprovided.Atgatherings,theMi’kmaqandguestswouldoften
singtheHappyChantasasignofjoyandfriendship.
JudyPearson,daughterofformerChiefRichardMcEwanofBearRiverFirst
Nations,createdthisEnglishsingalongpronunciationoftheHappyChantwhile
workingasanhistoricinterpreteratPortRoyalNationalHistoricSite.Theposter
wasdrawnbyMarilynHunt.
Page36,explorer,2024OfficialVisitorsGuide
Theychose“AveMarisStella”,
aneighthcenturyhymntoMary,as
theirNationalAnthem.Itshowsthe
Acadians’ Catholic faith and a
devotiontoMary,theirPatronSaint.
Theflagfeaturesthered,white
and blue of the 1789 French Flag
which symbolizes their ancestral
homeland. The distinguishing
featureistheyellow“StellaMaris”
or Star of Mary in the top of the
verticalbluestripe.Itbearsthepapal
colourandrepresentstheAcadians’
unwaivering adherence to the
Roman Catholic Church. The star
guidesthemthroughhardshipsand
is praised in the national anthem.
The blue represents loyalty and is
symbolic of the Virgin Mary.The
whitesymbolizespurity,andthered
atteststotheirbravery.
AttheSecondAcadianConvention,
heldinMiscouche,PrinceEdward
Islandin1884,theAcadianschose
theirflagandnationalanthem.
AveMarisStella
DeiMaterAlma
AtqueSemperVirgo
FelixCoeliPorta
Acadiamyhomeland
Toyournameldrawmyself
Mylife,myfaithbelongtoyou
Youwillprotectme
Acadiamyhomeland
Mylandandmychallenge
Fromnear,fromfaryouholdontome
MyheartasAcadian
Acadiamyhomeland
IIiveyourhistory
Ioweyoumypride
Ibelieveinyourfuture
AveMarisStella
DeiMaterAlma
AtqueSemperVirgo
FelixCoeliPorta
ACADIAN
NATIONALANTHEM
TheHELENA Destination:Massachusetts Men52 Women52 Children219
TheEDWARD Destination:Connecticut Men41 Women42 Children195
TheTWOSISTERS Destination:Connecticut Men42 Women40 Children198
TheEXPERIMENT Destination:NewYork Men40 Women45 Children115
ThePEMBROKE Destination:NorthCarolina Men33 Women37 Children162
TheHOPSON Destination:SouthCarolina Men42 Women46 Children254
ASCHOONER Destination:SouthCarolina Man1 Woman1 Children7
ACADIANDEPORTATIONfromANNAPOLISROYAL
December8,1755
ShipswereescortedbythesloopofwarBALTIMOREwithan8mancrewasfarSouthasNewYork.
TOTALDeported1,664 Men251 Women263 Children1,150
ACADIAN
NATIONALHOLIDAY
August15
TheFirstAcadianConventionwas
heldin1881atMemramcook,New
Brunswick. Choosing a holiday
was one of their first actions. The
Acadians adopted August 15, the
Feast of the Assumption of the
Virgin Mary, as the National
AcadianHoliday.
FormoreabouttheAcadiansandtheCradleofAcadie’svibranthistory
andmosaicofcultures,seepages18-21.
Founded1919
THE
HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION
ofANNAPOLIS
ROYAL
ACADIAN
VISITORSGUIDE
Special thanks to Parks Canada,
Mapannapolis,BelleisleHallAcadian
CulturalCentreandCountyofAnnapolis.
TheAcadian Visitors Guide is a
jointprojectofTheHistoricalAssociation
ofAnnapolisRoyal andtheExplorer
VisitorsGuide.PastPresidentand10th
generationAcadianambassador,Alan
Melanson,donatedhisservicestowrite
theguide.DurlineMelanson,President
of The Historical Association of
AnnapolisRoyal,volunteeredhertime
todesignthepublicationandprepare
theprintproductionfiles.
UsingtheAnnapolisRoyalArea,
the“CradleofAcadie”asyourhome
base,youcaneasilyexploretheGrand
PréandPiziquidregions(Windsorand
Falmouth)totheeastandtheClareand
Argyleareastothewest.
www.ExplorerGuide.ca/acadians.html
Photo Credits
Parks Canada, Tourism Nova Scotia,
ScottMunn,MarkTyler,JamesIngram,
Dan Froese, Jive Photographic, Izzy
Dempsey, Historica Canada,Andrew
Tolson, Trish Fry, Alan Melanson,
AcornArt&Photography,NovaScotia
CommunityCollegePhotoDepartment
andThisDayinAnnapolisRoyalbook.
explorer,2024OfficialVisitorsGuide,Page37
WHATLIESBENEATH?
Annapolis Royal is home to
the Garrison Graveyard, one of
Can ada’s mo st his tori cally
significant burial grounds. It
includesanunmarkedAcadianand
French cemetery, in use from the
1630s until 1755, and a British
cemetery, used as a community
burialgroundfrom1710to1940.
Thegraveyardcontainsmorethan
2,000burials.Over230headstones
remainfromtheBritishcemetery,
but many graves are unmarked.
Where are these Acadian and
French graves located? What lies
beneath?
In2018,aninvestigationwas
launched by Mapannapolis in
conjunctionwithParksCanadaand
Boreas Heritage Consulting in
hopes of finding evidence of the
unmarkedAcadianburialslocated
intheGarrisonGraveyard.Boreas
HeritageusedGroundPenetrating
Radar[GPR]todetectsubsurface
anomalies in the ground. Light
Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
datawasalsoanalysedinaneffort
to identify buried features in the
vicinity of the cemetery. This
information allowed the research
team to establish a grid, about
18mx20m,designed tointersect
the suspected location of the
Acadian cemetery. Researchers
from the Applied Geomatics
Anomalies believed to be the
remains of 19 unmarked burials
wereidentified,andthegeophysical
surveywasexpandedtosearchfor
otherburiedfeaturesatFortAnne
National Historic Site, including
theSt.JeanBaptisteparishchurch.
Havingdetectedaburiedfeature
ResearchGroupoftheNovaScotia
C o m m u n i t y C o l l e g e t h e n
conducted an Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle[UAV]surveyoftheburial
g r o u n d t o a s s i s t t h e G P R
investigation with highresolution
imageryofthegridarea.
Withthousandsofpeopleallover
the world sharing lineage tied to
Acadie, these findings play a
significantroleforthosewantingto
discovermoreabouttheirAcadian
ancestorsandculturalheritage.For
moreonthisongoingprojectvisit
www.mapannapolis.ca
believedtobeinthelocationofthe
Acadian church, Boreas Heritage
did an archaeological excavation,
whichrevealedtheoriginalground
surface on which the church was
built and artifacts dating to the
Acadianoccupationofthearea.
Candlelight
GraveyardTours
Although not specifically an
Acadian tour, you will walk
through the St. JeanBaptitse
Acadiancemetery,learnaboutthe
Acadian story at the memorial
monumentandvisitthesiteofthe
originalchurch.Thisawardwinning
tour is led by 10th generation
AcadianAlanMelansononbehalf
of The Historical Association of
AnnapolisRoyal.Everynight,9pm,
midJune through midSept, $20.
MeetatFortAnneNHSparkinglot.
www.TourAnnapolisRoyal.com
MARTIN/MORINFAMILYREUNION
August16 BelleisleHallAcadianCulturalCentre
BRAULTFAMILYREUNION
August14,45pm Hebb'sLanding,UpperGranville
NATIONALACADIANDAY
JOSEPHBROUSSARDPANELUNVEILING
UNVEILINGOFNEWDEPORTATIONMONUMENT
July28 FortAnneNationalHistoricSite
RAPPIEPIEWORKSHOPwithMarcBastarche
August12,25pm BelleisleHallAcadianCulturalCentre
BROUSSARDFAMILYREUNION
August14,29pm BelleisleHallAcadianCulturalCentre
August18,9am3pm BelleisleHallAcadianCulturalCentre
August15 FortAnneNationalHistoricSite
MOREEVENTS www.ExploreAnnapolisRoyal.com
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MunicipalityoftheCountyofAnnapolisCouncilandstaff welcome
participantsandfamilyreunionsoftheCongrèsMondialAcadien2024.
Leconseilmunicipalducomtéd’Annapolisetlepersonneldelamunicipalité
souhaitentlabienvenueauxparticipantsetauxfamillesvenuesseréunir
àl ’occasiondu2024duCongrèsmondialacadiende2024.
Wednesday,August14,2024
4:00p.m.-5:00pm
Hebb’ sLandingParkandBoat
Launch,7464Highway#1,
UpperGranville,NS
SpecialRecognition
UnveilingoftheJosephBroussard
ditBeausoleil(Francois
andCatherineRichard)
interpretivesign.
PayingtributetotheJoseph
BroussardditBeausoleil-
recognizedbyParksCanadaasa
NationalHistoricperson
(1702–1765)
Inaugurationdupanneaud’interprétation
consacréàJosephBroussarddit
Beausoleil(Françoiset
CatherineRichard)
Lemercredi14août2024de
16hà17hauparcetembarcadèrede
Hebb’ sLanding,7464,route1,
àUpperGranville,
enNouvelle-Écosse
Cérémoniespéciale
PourrendrehommageàJoseph
BroussardditBeausoleil(1702–1765),
désignéparParcsCanadacome
étantunpersonnagehistorique
nationalduCanada:
With the birth of second and
third generation Acadians, the
populationof thePortRoyal area
started increasing. Most of the
fertile salt marshland had been
dykedandreclaimed.Theyhadto
startlookingforlargerexpansesof
tidalmarshland.
EXPLOREGrandPré/PiziquidRegion
Explore GrandPré National
HistoricSite,theAttackatGrand
Pré HSMBC Monument, the
LandscapeofGrandPréUNESCO
Wo r l d H e r i t a g e S i t e , t h e
Deportation Cross at Horton’s
Landing, Fort Edward National
Historic Site in Windsor and
SainteFamille Cemetery in
Falmouth. Visit Starrs Point,
Chipmans Corner and the French
CrossinMordenonyourwayback
toAnnapolisRoyal.
Acadie
of
Expansion
In the 1670s at Beaubassin
(Amherst area) and continuing in
the1680swithGrandPré,Piziquid
(Windsor/Falmouth)andCobequid
(Truro), the Acadians started
expanding along the tidal shores
andbasinsoftheBayofFundy.
GrandPréNationalHistoricSiteis120km
orabout1:25minutesfromAnnapolisRoyal
FromyourhomebaseinAnnapolisRoyalyoucaneasily
visit and explore the former Acadian regions of
GrandPréandPiziquid(Windsor/Falmouth).
5
9
1.GrandPréNHS
2.BattleofGrandPréMonument
3.UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
4.DeportationCross
5.FortEdwardNHS
6.SainteFamilleGraveyard
7.StarrsPoint
8.ChipmansCornerCemetery
9.FrenchCrossatMorden
1755DEPORTATION
GrandPré2,202Piziquid1,000
WHATTOSEE&DO
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Halifax
Exit22
Yarmouth
Windsor
Grand-Pré
ChurchPoint
Pubnico
103
AnnapolisRoyal
2hrs.fromHalifax
30minfromDigby
1.5hrs.fromYarmouth
Digby
monumentstandsontherighthand
sideoftheroadbeforearrivingat
GrandPr NHS. It recounts theé
story of a surprise attack on
February11,1747byaFrenchand
FirstNationsforceledbyCoulon
deVilliersagainstColonelArthur
Noble and his troops who were
billeted in Acadian homes in the
GrandPr area. The French andé
First Nations forces attacked at
3:00 am in a blinding snowstorm
under cover of darkness. Colonel
Nobleandabout70ofhissoldiers
were killed in the attack. The
BritishsurrenderedaftertheFrench
ensured they could return to the
capital in Annapolis Royal. The
French troops and their allies
departed shortly afterwards. This
battleoccurred duringtheWarof
the Austrian Succession (1745
1748),sevenyearsbeforethe1755
Deportation. Skirmishes like this
certainly affected the British
decisiontodeporttheAcadians.
3.LandscapeofGrand-Pr é
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
Located 1 hour and 26 minutes
from Annapolis Royal at 69161
Old Post Road in GrandPr , theé
siteoffersagreatpanoramicview
of the cultural and natural
landscapeofanareathathasbeen
influenced by man from time
immemorialtothepresentday.The
Mi’kmaqfrequentedthisarealong
before Pierre Melanson and his
wifeMargueriteMiusd’Entremont
established the village of Grand
Pr in1682.é Theywerealliesand
helped theAcadians thrive in the
area by sharing their knowledge.
The Acadian community started
reclaimingthefertilesaltmarshes
bybuildingdykesanddrainingthe
FromyourhomebaseinAnnapolis
Royal,youcaneasilyexplorethe
formerAcadianregionsofGrand
Pré&Piziquid(Windsor/Falmouth).
1.Grand-Pré
NationalHistoricSite
Located about 1 hour and 25
minutes fromAnnapolis Royal at
2205 Grand Road, GrandPréPré
NHSisthebestplacetolearnabout
theAcadianswhostartedsettlingin
thisareain1682.Theirhardwork
made the GrandePr region theé
“Breadbasket of Acadie”. Follow
thestorythroughtothedeportation
ofabout2,200Acadiansfromthe
areaduringtheGreatUpheavalthat
started in 1755.As you enter the
Visitor / Interpretative Centre, be
sure to view Wayne Boucher’s
striking painting and watch the
video in the amphitheatre that
summarizestheGrandPr Acadiané
story. Go through the interpretive
displays to gain a more thorough
understandingofthehistory.You’ll
evenseepartofanoriginalAcadian
aboiteau from the 1664 Melanson
Settlement in PortRoyal. A stroll
throughtheparkwiththeStatueof
Evangeline;theAcadianMemorial
Churchwithitsmagnificentstained
glass window, created by Terry
Smith Lamothe, and the six
beautiful paintings by Claude
Picard;theoldAcadianBlacksmith
Shop,broughtfromWedgeport;the
MonumenttoLongfellow;Herbin
Cross; and the willows, ponds,
manicuredgardens,completewith
anapple orchard,isanexperience
youwon’tsoonforget.
2.AttackatGrand-Pr é
HSMBCMonument
Located about 1 hour and 24
minutesfromAnnapolisRoyal,the
saltfromthelandusingaseriesof
drainage ditches and aboiteaux.
After the Deportation of the
Acadians in 1755, the former
Acadian lands throughout Nova
Scotia were granted to British
settlersfromMassachusetts,Rhode
Island,andConnecticutcalledthe
New England Planters. The
community became known as
Hortonville,anddescendantsofthe
Plantershavemaintainedthedykes
andfarmthelandtothepresentday.
Thereisaparkingarea,chairs,an
informativeinterpretivepanel,the
AcadianFlagflying,andofcourse,
abreathtakingvista.
4. The Deportation Cross
Located about 1 hour and 28
minutes fromAnnapolis Royal at
Horton’sLanding,nearGrandPr é
Nati onal His toric Si te, the
Deportation Cross commemorates
thefactthatabout2,200Acadians
were loaded onto ships and
deported to the British Colonies
fromthe GrandPr area in1755.é
It was commissioned by the
Dominion Atlantic Railway in
1924 when they owned the Park
andpromotedtheareaasthe“Land
of Evangeline.” The railroad
passedrightinfrontofGrandPré
Park,andthetrainwouldstoptolet
visitors off. They commissioned
the Statue of Evangeline to
welcome visitors as they walked
into the Park. From 1924 until
2005, the Deportation Cross was
locatedalongtherailroadtracksa
coupleofkilometresfromthePark,
sovisitorscouldviewitasthetrain
travelled to and from Halifax. In
2005, Parks Canada moved the
crosstoHorton’sLandingbecause
thatiswhereAcadianswereloaded
ontoshipsforexpulsion.
5.FortEdward
NationalHistoricSite
Located about one hour and 35
minutes fromAnnapolis Royal at
67FortEdwardStreetinWindsor
(formerly Piziquid), Fort Edward
wasbuiltin1750bytheBritishto
protecttheoverlandroutebetween
Annapolis Royal and the new
capital of Halifax. The British
wantedtheforttogivethemmore
oversight and control over the
Acadian population and the
Mi’kmaq who travelled theAvon
and St. Croix Rivers, often
stopping here in their travels.
Of significant interest for
Acadians is that over 1,000
Acadians from the region were
deported under the command of
Located about 1 hour and 35
minutes from Annapolis at 419
GabrielRoadinFalmouth,thisis
the site of the cemetery of the
AcadianParishofSainteFamille.
Itwasstartedin1698followingan
edictfromtheBishopofQuébecto
createparishesonbothsidesofthe
RivièrePigiguit(nowAvonRiver).
TheotherwasAssumptionParish
inwhatisnowWindsor(formerly
Piziquid). Acadians from Sainte
Famille Parish count among the
1,000 Acadians deported by
CaptainAlexanderMurrayin1755.
In1996,anarchaeologicalsurvey
conducted by the Nova Scotia
Museum estimated about 300
gravesareinthecemetery.
CaptainAlexanderMurrayin1755.
ManyAcadians who had escaped
andwerelatercapturedwereheld
prisoneratFortEdwardduringthe
7 Years' War. Some Acadian
prisonershelpedtheNewEngland
Planters rebuild dykes on the
former Acadian lands and taught
themthetechnology.TheAcadian
prisoners were released after the
War, and some went to Clare in
1768. Today, only the old 1750
Blockhouse and remnants of the
earthenwallsremain.Itistheoldest
originalBlockhouseinCanada.
6.Sainte-Famille
ParishCemetery
7.StarrsPointDeportation
EmbarkationSite
Located about 1 hour and 15
minutesfromAnnapolisRoyalon
Town Plot Road off, Starrs Point
Road,youwillfindaDeportation
EmbarkationSitethatisnotaswell
known as GrandPré, Piziquid,
Beaubassin andAnnapolis Royal.
Acadianswhoweredeportedfrom
the north side of rivière Saint
Antoine, also known as rivière
Grand Habitant (now Cornwallis
River), embarked here between
October1921,1755.Theywere
loaded on sloops named the
Industry, Endeavour, Mary, and
Prosperous.BeforetheDeportation,
thisareawasmainlyknownasla
PointedesBoudrots.
8.ChipmansCorner
Located about 1 hour and 9
minutes fromAnnapolis Royal, a
monument at the corner of the
Middle Dyke Road and Church
Streetcommemoratestheparishof
SaintJosephdelaRivièreaux
Canards. It was settled by Pierre
Terriotand CecileLandryaround
thesametimethatPierreMelanson
andMargueriteMuisd’Entremont
moved from PortRoyal to settle
the SaintCharlesdesMines
parish of GrandPré. The parish
served the Acadians from the
Rivière SaintAntoine (now
Cornwallis River) to la Rivière
Perrault (now Pereaux River). In
1755,theAcadians fromthe area
were among the roughly 2,200
Acadians deported by Lieutenant
Colonel John Winslow after
reading the Deportation Order at
GrandPreonSeptember5,1755.
TheAcadianvillageswereburned
totheground.Takeexit12offHwy
101, drive north 5.7 km toward
ChipmansCorner.Thecemeteryis
located at the intersection of
Middle Dyke Road and Church
Street.Uponenteringthecemetery,
themonumentislocatedontheleft.
9.FrenchCrossatMorden
Located about an hour from
Annapolis Royal on the Bay of
Fundy shoreline in the village of
Morden on Route 221, this stone
monument commemorates the
Acadians from the Belleisle area
whoescapedthe1755Deportation
fromAnnapolisRoyal.Bywalking
over the North Mountain to this
remotespot,theycouldhidefrom
the British during the Winter of
17551756.Theysurvivedmainly
from shellfish and provisions the
Mi’kmaq brought to help them.
ThereisastoryofanelderlyPierre
Melanson and a Mi’kmaw boy
crossingtheBayofFundybycanoe
toseeiftheycouldgethelponthe
otherside.Onthewayback,Pierre
Melanson died from exposure not
farfromtheshoreline,buttheboy
survived.About twothirds of the
refugeesdiedoverthewinter.Still,
thesurvivorserectedacrossonthe
sitetohonourthedeceasedbefore
startingthearduousjourneytothe
friendly territory of Québec. The
stonecrossmonumentisthefourth
erected on this site, as the other
threehaveerodedintothesea.Take
exit16offHighway101toaccess
route221intoMorden.
EXPLORETheGrandPré/PiziquidRegion
TheExpansionofAcadie
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ThePubnicoareainArgyleis
the only region in Nova Scotia
where Acadians still live on the
same lands on whi ch the ir
ancestors resided. Clare is the
largest of the French speaking
AcadianareasofNovaScotia.
EXPLORETheClare/ArgyleRegion
Acadiansreturningfromexile
could not resettle on the rich
farmlands they had called home.
These lands were given by the
GovernorofNovaScotiato8,000
settlersfromtheBritishColoniesof
Massachusetts, Connecticut and
RhodeIsland,known asthe New
England Planters. Some of the
Acadians who returned to Nova
ScotiasettledinArgylestartingin
1767,whileothersstartedsettling
inClarein1768.Fishingreplaced
farmingasthemainindustry. The Municipalities of Clare
andArgyle are proud to host the
2024 Acadian World Congress,
August1018.Besuretobookyour
trip early! For more information
visitwww.CMA2024.ca
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AfterthesigningoftheTreaty
ofParisin1763endingtheSeven
Years War, the only place that
remainedFrenchterritoryinNorth
Americawerethesmallislandsof
Saint Pierre et Miquelon, located
offthecoastofNewfoundland.
While in Clare, enjoy le
RendezvousdelaBaie/Acadian
Centre, SainteMarie Church,
Mavillette Beach, la Vieille
Maison Acadienne, Belliveau
Cov e, P oi n t à M aj o r a nd
Smuggler’sCove.
InArgylevisitSainteAnne’s
ParishChurch,HistoricAcadian
Village, Acadian Museum of
Pubnico West, Argyle Township
CourtHouse,andtheWedgeport
TunaMuseum.
YarmouthandTheCatFerry
areconvenientlylocatedtoboth
ClareandArgyleAcadianregions.
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WHATTOSEE&DO
10.
11.
12.
1.BelliveauCove
2.PointeàMajor
3.SainteMarieChurch
4.RendevousdelaBaie/AcadianCentre
5.LaVieilleMaisonAcadienne
6.Smuggler’sCove
7.MavilletteBeach
8.MuséedesAcadiensdesPubnicos
9.HistoricAcadianVillage
SainteAnne’sParishChurch
ArgyleTownshipCourtHouse
WedgeportTunaMuseum
ca@zachchurchill.com
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OFFICE
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Suite100
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HostCommunitiesforCMA2024
TheMunicipalityofClareisanhourdrivefromAnnapolis
Royal,andonecaneasilyuseAnnapolisRoyalasahome
base.TheMunicipalityofArgyleisaround2hoursaway.
YarmouthislocatedbetweenClareandArgyle.
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ForAcadianattractions,maps,videos,deportationinformation,history,dance,recipes
music&more,clicktheQRCodeonpage3orvisitwww.ExplorerGuide.ca/acadians.html
EXPLORETheClare/ArgyleRegion
ReturntoAcadie
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Located only about 1 hour from
AnnapolisRoyalat1713Highway1
in the Acadian community of
ChurchPoint,youwillfindlovely
SainteMarie Church, the largest
woodenchurchinNorthAmerica.
andfamilywerethefirstAcadians
tosettlepermanentlyinClarewhen
theycamein1768.Sixyearslater,
theareabetweenSaintBernardand
ChurchPointhad30families.The
cemeterywasinuseuntil1790.
Construction began in 1903 and
wascompletedin1905,averyshort
timeframe for such an amazing
structure.Theconstructionwasled
bymastercarpenterLeoMelanson
withthehelp of1,500 volunteers
fromtheparish.Leocouldneither
readnorwrite,butheknewhowto
build. The parish cemetery is
located across the street from the
church. Unfortunately, the church
wasclosedin2023.Helpisneeded
totrytosaveit.
Locatedat23LighthouseRoadon
the University SainteAnne
campusinChurchPoint,about55
minutesfromAnnapolisRoyal,le
Rendezvous de la Baie Visitor
Centreistheidealvenueto learn
moreaboutwhattoseeanddoin
the Municipality of Clare. The
Acadian Centre, housed in the
building,istheperfectplacetodo
your genealogy and connect with
yourAcadianroots.Theinterpretive
centre,locatedwithinthecomplex,
will help you gain a much better
3.Sainte-MarieChurch
4.LeRendez-vousdelaBaie
VIC/AcadianCentre
Located about 50 minutes from
Annapolis Royal at 245 Doucette
Point Road, the PointeàMajor
HistoricSiteiswherePierre“Piau”
Belliveau,hisfamilyandabout100
refugees spent the cold winter of
17551756 after escaping the
DeportationatAnnapolisRoyalin
1755. Those who did not survive
thewinterarelikelyburiedinthe
vicinity.Thefollowingspring,the
survivorscrossedtheBayofFundy
seeking shelter in areas that the
Britishdidnotcontrol.Thisisthe
location of the oldest Acadian
Cemetery in Clare and where
Acadianscelebratedthefirstmass
inClare.JosephandMarieDugas
HistoricSite
2.Pointe-à-Major
MunicipalPark
1.BelliveauCove
Located about 59 minutes from
AnnapolisRoyalat3255Highway1
in Belliveau Cove, the Belliveau
CoveMunicipalParkoffersmany
experiences allowing visitors to
learnmoreabouttheAcadianway
oflifeintheMunicipalityofClare.
Youcanwalkthe5kilometretrail
andsee SaintMary’s Bayand its
shoreline. The park features a
wharf, lighthouse, a Farmer’s
MarketeverySaturdayfrom10am
to2pmfromMaytoSeptember,as
well as “Les Beaux Vendredis”
Lobster and Seafood Suppers
where visitors can mingle with
local Acadians. From June to
September,folkscantrytheirhand
diggingclamsbypartakinginthe
ClamDiggingExperience.Thereis
somethingforeveryonetoexplore.
Located about 63 minutes from
AnnapolisRoyalonHighway1in
Meteghan, La Vieille Maison
Acadienne was built in 1796 in
Comeauville by Acadians who
came from exile and settled in
Clare.Manycallitthebestpreserved
postAcadianDeportationhousein
Canada.Thedwellingwasmoved
toitspresentlocationin1958when
Adolph Robichaud, an Acadian
who went to Boston and gained
fameasaballetteacher,boughtthe
property to create a museum to
interpret the postexile Acadian
history. It operated as a museum
5.LaVieilleMaison
Acadienne
until 2002 and is now in need of
repairs.Anewgroupofdedicated
volunteershavetakenupthedream
of reopening La Vieille Maison
Acadiennetothepublicby2025.In
2023,theyreceived$10,000.00ina
nationwide contest sponsored by
The National Trust for Canada.
Despitethewin,morefundswillbe
necessarytocompletetheproject.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Supervised tours of the worksite
areplannedduringCMA2024.
understandingofthehistoryofthe
largest Acadian region in Nova
Scotia.
Located about 75 minutes from
AnnapolisRoyalbetween295395
JohnDoucetteRoadinMavillette,
Mavillette Beach is one of the
nicestbeachesinNovaScotia.Itis
about1.5kmofsandybeachwith
7.MavilletteBeach
6.Smuggler’sCove
ProvincialPark
Located about 70 minutes from
AnnapolisRoyalat7651Highway1
inMeteghan,Smuggler’sCovewas
a centre of rum running in Clare
during prohibition in the 1920s.
The sheltered coastal inlet gave
accesstoacavewherethe liquor
could be deposited and then
retrieved while working with the
tides.Therearepicnictableswhere
youcanenjoywonderfulvistasof
Saint Mary’s Bay and the rocky
cliffssurroundingthecove.Ifyou
are more adventurous you can
climbdownthestairwayandwalk
theshoreofthecoveatlowtide.
ProvincialPark
Located about 1 hour and 51
minutes fromAnnapolis Royal at
898Route335inWestPubnico,the
museum houses a very good
collectionofartefacts,documents,
photographs,literature,anAcadian
Garden(potager),andanaboiteau
tohelpinterprettheAcadianstory.
The Father Clarence d’Entremont
Research Centre and Archives,
locatedwithinthemuseum,contains
atreasuretroveofinformationfor
Acadians trying to research their
roots.Thisisagreatplacetostart
yourexplorationofAcadianculture
andhistoryinthePubnicoarea.
desPubnicos
10.Sainte-Anne’s
ParishChurch
Located about 1 hour and 35
minutes fromAnnapolis Royal at
7309LighthouseRouteinSainte
Anne du Ruisseau, SainteAnne
ChurchParishisrecognizedasthe
9.HistoricAcadianVillage
Located about 1 hour and 56
minutesfromAnnapolisRoyalon
91OldChurchRoadinLowerWest
Pubnico, the Historic Acadian
VillageofNovaScotiadepictslife
inan early1900sAcadianvillage.
Pubnicowas establishedbySieur
Philippe Mius d’Entremont in
1653.ThePubnicoareaistheonly
placeinNSwheredescendantsof
the original Acadian settlers still
live on the same land that their
ancestorsinhabitedbeforethe1755
Deportation. The 17acre site has
buildingsthatvisitorscanenterand
interactwithinterpretersinperiod
costumes to learn about Acadian
life.Therearesmallfarmanimals,a
wharf,lighthouse,anamphitheatre,
andavisitorreceptioncentrewitha
boutique as well as a cafe where
you can delight in traditional
Acadianfood.Thisisamustforall
visitorscomingtoNovaScotia.
fragile marram grasscovered
dunesbehindthebeach.Thepark
offerschangehouses,vaulttoilets,
and freshwater taps. Boardwalks
fromtheparkingareasprovideeasy
accesstothebeach,andthereare
viewingplatformsforbirdwatchers.
Minutes away from Mavillette
Beach is the Cape Saint Mary
LighthousePark.
8.MuséedesAcadiens
12.WedgeportTunaMuseum
11. Argyle Township Court
House,Archives&Museum
Located about 1 hour and 35
minutes fromAnnapolis Royal at
8162 and 8168 Highway 3 in
Tusket, the Archives house a
collection of Argyle Township
MunicipalRecords,privatesector
archivalmaterialgeneratedbythe
surrounding community such as
familyhistories,genealogyrecords,
a large photo collection, church
records, business records and the
largestcollectionofmicrofilmsin
thearea.Agenealogistisoftenon
hand to help researchers. The
museum is located in the Argyle
Township Court House which is
Canada’s oldeststanding jail and
courthouse. From its construction
in1805until1944,boththejailand
courthouse dealt with judiciary
mattersandpenalsentences.
oldestAcadianParishonmainland
Nova Scotia. In 1767, Acadians
whoreturnedandsettledinthearea
built a small chapel there for
services. After Father Sigogne’s
arrivalintheareain1799toserve
thegrowingAcadianpopulation,a
larger church was constructed in
1808.Unfortunately,afirein1900
rapidlyburnedittotheground.The
strongdeterminationandreligious
faithoftheAcadiansledtothelarge
presentday SainteAnne Church
being completed in roughly 6
months.Thestructurestillactsasa
placeofworshipfortoday’sAcadian
parishioners.TheParishCemetery
islocatedacrosstheroad.
Located about 1 hour and forty
minutes fromAnnapolis Royal at
57 Tuna Wharf Road in Lower
Wedgeport, the Wedgeport Tuna
Museum and interpretive Centre
feature displays that interpret
Wedgeport as the Sport Tuna
FishingCapitaloftheWorld.Look
at the interpretive displays, fish
tank,watchvideosandtrythetouch
tank. Discover some Acadian
history as well, because after the
Deportation,Acadianswhosettled
in Argyle had to look to the sea
ratherthanthe landastheirmain
sourceoflivelihood.Donotmiss
the2024WedgeportTunaFestival.
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ATasteofAcadie
Ingredients
I chicken 1
3 large onions, chopped 3
12 large potatoes, peeled 12
l/2 pound salt pork fat, cubed 250g
salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Cutthechickenintolargepieces,andputthemintoapotwithjustenoughwatertocompletely
coverthemeat.Addtheonionsandsimmeruntilthechickenistender.Removethechicken
fromthepot,andsavethebroth.Takethemeatoffofthebones,andcutitintosmallpieces.
Whilethechickenissimmering,gratethepotatoesintoabowl.
Extractallofthewaterandstarchfromthepotatomixturebyputtingitincheeseclothora
cottonbag,andsqueezevigorously.Placethesqueezedpotatomixtureinanotherbowland
keepitcovered.Makesuretheairdoesn'ttouchthepotatomixture,oritwilltumblack.
Scaldthepotatomixturebygraduallypouringintheboiledbrothinanamountequalto2/3
ofthewaterandstarchextractedfromthepotatoes.Seasontotastewithsaltandpepper.
Afterthemixtureisready,butterorusenonstickspraytogreaseacookingpan.
Sautéhalfofthecubedsaltpork.Putthepotatomixtureandthechickenintothecookingpan,
andaddthesautedsaltpork.Coverwiththeremainingpotatomixture.Addtherestofthesalt
porkcubesontopoftherapure.
Bakefor21/2hoursat350degreesFahrenheit,oruntil
thetopisuniformlybrown.
Variation
Replacethechickenwithmussels,clams,beeforhare.
RAPURE
(RappiePie)
This is a favouriteAcadian dish and is served at most special occasions and gatherings. The
preparationofrapureisfairlysimilarinmostregions.Thevariousingredientsvaryfromoneareato
anotherandevenfromonefamilytoanother.SomeAcadiansaddchicken,othersaddporkor
seafood,andstillothersuseonlygratedormashedpotatoesorsometimesdayoldbread.
Secrets to making good Rappie Pie
Thetrickistowrapthegratedpotatoincheeseclothand
squeezeallofthewateroutandthenkeepitcompletely
coveredtomakesurenoairtouchesthepotato.This
preventsitfromturningblack.(Seephotoright.)
THEACADIANKITCHEN
On t he whole, Ac adian
cooking is uncomplicated.
Thenumberofingredientsis
kept to a minimum, and
methods of preparation are
relatively simple and very
straightforward.
The three meals of the
day were enjoyed in the
morning,middayandevening.
Presentday Acadians call
these meals d jeuner, dineré
and souper respectively,
retaining some of the 18th
century terminology which
distinguishes the Acadian
dialectfromstandardFrench.
Directions
Grateanddrainthepotatoes.Blendthemwiththeflour,saltandpepper.
(Aneggor1heapingtsp/5mLofbakingpowdermaybeaddedifdesiredto
ensurethatthemixtureholdstogether.)
Heatthefatinaskillet.Addspoonfulsofthegratedpotatoesandflattenthemto
makesmallpancakesabout4inches/10cmindiameterand1/2inch/10mmthick.
Frythepancakesuntileachsideisbrownandcrisp.Makes12pancakes.
Variation
Tomakeonelargepotatopancakeratherthansmallones,simplyusesomeextra
fat,andputthemixtureintotheskillet.Fryatalowtemperatureuntileachsideis
goldencrisp.
BEIGNETSALARAPURE
(PotatoPancakes)
lngredients:
6 potatoes, peeled and finely grated 6
1 ts salt 5 mL
1/4 cupflour 50 mL
1 Tbsp fat 15 mL
ForatasteofAcadieenjoyBeignetsALaRapure,afavouritedishinmany
Acadianhouseholds.
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BRANLEDESCHEVAUX
“HorsesBranle”
STARTDANCEAGAIN-ENJOY!
STARTDANCEAGAIN-ENJOY!
DANCEHISTORYThesetwodancesaretypicalofonesthatwouldhavebeenenjoyedin
the16thand17thcenturies.TheywerefirstpublishedbyThoinotArbeau,(anagrammaticpen
nameofFrenchclericJehanTabourot)inOrchésographie,hisstudyoflatesixteenthcentury
FrenchRenaissancesocialdance.FirstpublishedinLangres,Francein1589,Arbeaudetailed
stepbystepdescriptions.Healsoprovidedinformationonsocialballroombehaviourofthe
timeandtheinteractionofdancersandmusicians.TheAcadianscouldhaveadaptedsimilar
danceswhentheycametoAcadie.Thesetwodancescanbestillenjoyedtodaytomodern
Acadianmusic.ClickontheQRCodeaboveformusicandvideolinks.
5,6 StompRightFoot2times(counts5,6)
1,2 SingleLeft:StepLeftFoot,TouchRightnexttoLeft
(Adifferentvariationhastheleadsonlydancingthefirst8countsoftheCloggingStepandthen
followersmimicbydoingthesecond8counts,similartotheBranledesChevaux.)
7,8 StampRightFootinplacechangingweight(count7)andhold(count8)
3,4 SingleRight:StepRightFoottoRight,StepLeftnexttoRight
Counts
Step2isdone2timesforatotalof16countswitheveryonedancingallcounts.
3,4 StepLeftFoottoLeftSide,TouchRightnexttoLeft
7,8 StepRightfootloRightSide,TouchLeftnexttoRight
Step1isdone2timesforatotalof16counts.(Takelargerstepswhenmovingtoleftandsmaller
oneswhenmovingtorighttomakecirclerotateclockwise.)
1,2 StepLeftFoottoLeftSide,StepRightfoottoLeft,
5,6 StepRightFoottoRight,StepLeftFootnexttoRight,
Step2: CLOGGINGSTEP:SINGLELEFT,SINGLERIGHT,2STOMPS,STAMP
ImportantDanceNotes:
SabotsarethewoodenclogtypeshoeswornbytheFrench.Everyoneholdshandsinalarge
circle,facinginsidethecircle.
BRANLEDESSABOTS~“ClogBranle”
Changeweightona“Step”ora“Stamp”.(AStampislikeaStompbutwithachangeofweight.)
Donotchangeweightona“Touch”ora“Stomp”.
Step1: BRANLEDOUBLE
Counts
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MoreVariationsAnotherversionofthedoublecircleformationchangespartners.
OnSteps2and3,takelargerstepsoncounts58.Thedancecanalsobedoneinseveral
lineformationsinsteadofacircle.Tochangepartners,themanattheheadoftheline
beginsmovingtotheendofthelineoncounts58ofStep2tobeinplacebeforeStep1
beginsagain.Anothercircularversionthatdoesnotchangepartnershasalldancers
holdinghandsinonelargesinglecircle,facinginsidethecircle,movingclockwise.
(SimilartotheBranledesSabots.)Partnersmakea1/4turntofaceeachotherforSteps
2and3.Trythemall!
Step3: LADY(Manstandsandwatcheslady)
Counts
Changeweightona“Step”.Donotchangeweightona“Tap”ora“Touch”.
TherearemanyvariationsoftheBranledesChevaux.(SeeDanceHistorybelow.)
SinceArbeaureferstoholdingbothhandsanddoesnotmentionchangingpartners,
this version is based on his notes. Partners face each other, dance in their own
individualcircleandholdbothhandsonStep1.Theymayeitherbeinalargedouble
circle,menoninsideofthecircle,ladiesontheoutsideorinonelargesinglecirclewith
partnersfacingeachother,menfacingcounterclockwise.
5,6 StepRightFoottoRight,StepLeftFootnexttoRight
Counts
1,2 LadyTapsRightFoot2timesinplace
counterclockwisecircle
Step1: BRANLEDOUBLE
Step2: MAN(Ladystandsandwatchesman.)
1,2 ManTapsRightFoot2timesinplace
58 DoubleLeft:4Steps(Left,Right,Left,Right)makingfull
Counts
3.4 SingleRight:StepRightFoottoRight,TouchLeftnexttoRight
58 DoubleLeft:4Steps(Left,Right,Left,Right)makingfull
ImportantDanceNotes:
3,4 SingleRight:StepRightFoottoRight,TouchLeftnexttoRight
counterclockwisecircle.
The Branle Double is done 4 times (total of 32 counts) so partners make a full
clockwisecircletogetherwhileholdinghands.Tomakeyourcirclerotatesoyoumake
onecompletecircle,takelargerstepsontheBranleLeft(counts1,2,3and4).Take
smallerstepsonBranleRight(counts5,6,7,8),movingaroundinaclockwisecircle.
(EachBranleDoublewouldmove15minutepositionontheclockforeach8counts.
Forexample,Ladiesclockpositions:startat6,moveto9,12,3andendbackat6.)
Partnersendbackatstartingpositionsafter32counts.
7,8 StepRightfoottoRight,TouchLeftnexttoRight
3,4 StepLeftFoottoLeftTouchRightnexttoLeft
1,2 StepLeftFoottoLeft,StepRfootnexttoLeft,
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and grew up in their French
Catholic Acadian community.
Afteracoupleofgenerationsthey
werefullyintegratedintheAcadian
community.Spanishnamessuchas
Rodriguezbecameintegratedasthe
French Acadian name Rodrigue.
Bastarache dit le Basque became
thenamesBasqueandBastarache.
After the Deportation, some
Acadians anglicized their French
namestoEnglishnames.Theydid
so in order not to stand out as
French Catholics in the English
ProtestantColoniestowhichthey
hadbeenexiled.Theyalsochanged
theirnamessotheywouldnotbe
discriminated against when
lookingforwork.Afteracoupleof
generations living in English
communities,manyAcadians lost
their language. This led to
Monsieur LeBlanc becoming Mr.
White,MonsieurPoirierbecoming
Mr. Perry, Madame LeJeune
becoming Mrs. Young, Madame
BourgbecomingMrs.Burke,Brun
becomingBrown,LeVertbecoming
Green,andMr.Auctionbecoming
Mr.Wedge.
Whenyouloseyournameandyour
language, you lose a big part of
your identity. Therefore, be extra
kind and helpful when you meet
such individuals who are seeking
their family roots. They are as
muchanAcadianasthosebearing
French names. Their ancestors
were just not able to end up in a
FrenchAcadianarea.
SOMEACADIAN
FAMILYNAMES
ARENOTFRENCH
ManyfolksbelievethatallAcadian
family names are French names
from France, but that is not the
case.Althoughthemajorityofthe
Acadian names that have been
compiled in baptismal records,
plus marriage certificates, death
certificatesandcensusrecordsare
French,therearesomethatarenot.
Irish Catholic names such as
O’NealeandCaissyarenowfound
inAcadiancommunitiesspelledas
O’NeilandCassie.Thisoccurred
when Irish Catholic men married
FrenchCatholicAcadianwomen.
ThechildrenborethenameCaissy
DidYouKnow?
PortRoyal NHS commemorates
earlyFrenchsettlementatthestart
ofthe17thcentury,Mi’kmaqand
early French social and trade
interactions, and is the first
reconstructionofanationalhistoric
site in Canada. It was built by
ChamplainforPierreDuGuasieur
deMonsin1605andburneddown
byaBritishattackledbyCaptain
Samuel Argall from Jamestown,
Virginia in 1613. The aim of the
PortRoyal Habitation was trade
with the Mi’kmaq, starting a
French colony and eventually
bringing families, as well a
spreadingthe Catholicreligion to
the i ndige nous p opula tion.
However,nofamiliesevercameto
the PortRoyal Habitation as it
THE1605-1613PORT-
ROYALHABITATION
WASNOTAN
ACADIANSETTLEMENT
ThePortRoyalHabitationisnotan
Acadian site. Acadians are not
des ce n da nt s of Sam ue l de
Champlain, sieur de Mons, Marc
Lescarbot, Poutrincourt, Louis
Hébert,orChampdoréwhocameto
thePortRoyalHabitationatsome
pointbetween16051613.
Many presentday Acadians visit
the Annapolis Royal/PortRoyal
areaseekingtheir ancestralroots.
Some arrive at the PortRoyal
Habitationandgivetheirancestor’s
namesaying,“Myancestorscame
to PortRoyal in the 1630s and
1640s.”Theythenwanttoknowif
thePortRoyalHabitationiswhere
theysettled.
was burned down before it got a
chancetoachieveitsdestiny.
ItistheeffortsofCharlesdeMenou
d’Aulnay and the settlers that he
brought with him that form the
roots of the Acadian people.
AcadiansmadeahomeinthePort
Royal area and became a self
sufficient,independentpeople.The
PortRoyal, GrandPré, Piziquid,
Cobequid and Beaubassin areas
becametheir homeland.They did
notdependonFranceorEngland
for survival. They depended on
themselves. They were no longer
borninFrance,butborninAcadie.
Thatiswhentheybecameknownas
the“Acadians”,theFrenchpeople
livinginAcadieandrelyingontheir
own efforts as well as their
relationshipswiththeMi’kmaqfor
survival.
ThePortRoyaloftheAcadiansis
thestretchspanningthenorthand
southsidesoftheDauphinRiver,
now Annapolis River, between
Goat Island and Paradis Terrestre
(justbeyondBridgetown).French
settlerscame toAcadiaunder the
leadershipofIsaacdeRazillyafter
thesigningoftheTreatyofSaint
GermainenLaye in 1632. They
settledalongthesoutherncoastat
LaHave,nearthepresentdaytown
of Bridgewater. Following the
deathofRazillyin1635,Charlesde
Menou d’Aulnay led most of the
settlersfromtheLaHaveregionto
thePortRoyalareain1636.They
did not rebuild the PortRoyal
Habitation.Theysettledalongthe
DauphinRiverandstartedbuilding
dykestoreclaimandthenfarmthe
drainedsaltmarshes.
10.NicholasBabineau
71.JeanBastarache
4.JeanBellivieu
13.Barth lemyBergeroné
50.AntoineBlanchard
49.GuillaumeBlanchard
11.FrancoisBoudreau
15.AbrahamBourg
9.BernardBourg
56.GuillaumeBourgeois
57.GermainBourgeois
33.JeanBreau
34.MmeVincentBreau
35.S bastianBruné
36.AbrahamBrun
31.AbrahamComeau
25.AlexandreComeau
23.EtienneComeau
29.PierreComeau
43.PierreComeau
68.OlivierDaigle
22.ClaudeDoucet
51.LaurentDoucet
19.Ren Douceté
14.AbrahamDugas
8.ClaudeDugas
46.JeanDupuis
58.PierreDupuis
63.RenéForet
65.BernardGaudet
38.PierreGaudet
67.PierreGaudet
53.AlexandreGirouard
54.JaquesGirouard,Fils
55.MmeJaquesGirouard
17.ClaudeGranger
16.MmeLaurentGranger
18.RenéGranger
7.CharlesGuilbeau
59.AlexandreHébert
60.JeanEmmanuelHébert
61.EmmanuelHébert
62.NoelLabauve
52.PierreLeBlanc
47.PierreLanoue
48.PierreLanoue,Fils
32.JacquesLeger
1.JeanLeRoy
21.FrancoisLeveron
26.JulienLord
27.AlexandreLord
42.EtienneMartin
28.PierreMartin
37.Ren Martiné
6.AmbroiseMelanson
3.MmeCharlesMelanson
5.CharlesMelanson,Fils
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DidYouKnow?
Contrarytowhatmanybelieve,of
over 6,000 Acadians who were
deportedin 1755,and over4,000
Acadians who were exiled later
duringtherestoftheSevenYears’s
War, not a single Acadian was
deported to Louisiana. In 1755
LouisianawasFrenchterritory,so
the British did not want to send
themtoareaswheretheycouldhelp
theFrenchcause.Itwaswartime;
therefore, they were loaded onto
ships destined for the British
c o l o n i e s o f N e w Y o r k ,
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania,
Ma ryl an d, Virg in ia , No rt h
Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia. The Acadians were
dispersed along the Atlantic
Seaboard where they would be a
In2018,HistoricaCanadafilmeda
“ H e r i t a g e M i n u t e ” v i d e o
encapsulating the 1755 Acadian
Deportationas asignificantevent
in Canadian history. Some of the
footage was shot in Annapolis
RoyalattheAcadiancottageinthe
Historic Gardens. Other scenes
were filmed on the dykes and
reclaimed marshland along the
AllainRiver.Thedepictionofthe
embarkation on the deportation
vessels was well captured using
HoustonBeachnearCanningasthe
backdrop. Explorer Guide’s Alan
Melanson, a tenth generation
Acadian, and his first generation
“Te xa di a n” wif e, Dur li ne,
appearedintheDeportationscene.
The Heritage Minute debuted on
August 15, 2019, the National
HolidayoftheAcadians.
ACADIANSWERE
NOTDEPORTEDTO
LOUISIANA
FILMEDIN
ANNAPOLISROYAL
HERITAGEMINUTE
TheCajunsinLouisianadoindeed
tracetheirancestrybacktoAcadie,
although none of their ancestors
weredeportedthere.TheAcadians
wenttoLouisianathroughaseries
of independent migrations they
undertook on their own after the
Deportation.Sometravelleddown
from the British colonies where
theyweredeportedsinceLouisiana
wasFrench,thenSpanish,because
they wanted to live in a Catholic
territory.OtherscamebacktoNova
Scotia, but found their lands
occupiedbyBritishsettlers.Some
AcadianswhocamebacktoNova
ScotiaaftertheDeportationleftfor
theFrenchCaribbeanin176465,
buttheyfound theclimatesevere
andwentontoLouisiana.In1766a
groupleftNovaScotiaontheirown
andwentdirectlytoLouisiana.
AfterthefallofLouisbourg,3,500
Acadians were exiled from Port
LaJoye(RockyPoint,PEI,today)
toFrance.Acadianswhoescapedor
returnedfromDeportationcouldbe
imprisonedordeportedagaintothe
Britishcolonies.Manywhoescaped
orwereloadedonshipsdiedduring
theordeal.
small minority in the British
colonies and could not help the
FrenchcauseinNovaScotia.
ThelargestmigrationofAcadians
to Louisiana occurred in 1785,
when the territory was under
Spanishrule.TheSpanishoffered
landgrantstoAcadianswhoended
upinFranceduringthesetryingand
tumultuous times. Seven Spanish
ships transported 1,500 Acadians
fromFrancetothesouthwestarea
ofLouisiana.Thiswasthelargest
migration from Europe to North
America at the time. These
m i g r a t i o n s , n o t a d i r e c t
deportation,accountfortheCajuns
of Louisiana, who all trace their
originsbacktooldAcadie.
TheAcadiana flag or Cajun flag,
designedin1965byDr.ThomasJ.
Arceneaux,wasofficiallyadopted
July 5, 1974 when the Louisiana
State Legislature passed House
ConcurrentResolutionNo.143.
THEORIGINOFTHE
WORDACADIA
Intheearly1600stherewasnopart
of France known as Acadie, and
there was no one known as an
Acadian.TheearlyFrenchsettlers
camefromvariousFrenchregions,
but about 50% of the Acadian
names trace their origins to the
FrenchareasofPoitou,Saintonge
andAunis. Overtime,theFrench
colonists who left France in the
1630s to settle here permanently
became known as the Acadians
because Acadia, and not France,
wasnowtheirhomeland.Itisnot
fromone daytothe nextthatthe
settlerschangedfrombeingFrench
tobecomingAcadians.
Oneofthemostcommonquestions
askedabouttheAcadiansis“where
does the word Acadian come
from?”Therearedifferenttheories
astotheoriginofthewordAcadia
orAcadie.Somesayitcomesfrom
the Greek paradise of antiquity
knownasArcadia.Itwasa place
fulloftrees,green,innocenceand
happiness. In 1524 the Italian
explorer Verrazzano, after whom
the VerrazanoNarrows Bridge
spanning Staten Island and
Brooklyn is named, was on an
exploration voyage for King
FrancisIofFrance.Hesailedthe
Atlantic coast from presentday
Floridato New Brunswick.Upon
hisarrivalalongthecoastsofthe
states now known as Delaware,
Maryland, and Virginia (the
DelMarVa area), Verrazzano was
struckbythebeautyoftheareaand
calleditArcadiainreferencetothe
Greekparadise.Overtheyears,as
theword“Arcadia”istranscribed
onmapstheletter“r”isdropped,
andyouseeachangefromArcadia
toAcadia.Youalsoseeittransposed
furthernorthonthemaps,sothatby
thetimetheFrenchcametoattempt
to colonize, maps of the period
showed the presentday Maritime
ProvincesasbeingpartofAcadia
orinFrench“Acadie”.
Aftersecondandthirdgenerations
inAcadia,withlittle immigration
from France to Acadie and very
little support from their French
government,theybecameisolated
from their homeland. They
developed a selfsufficient,
independent lifestyle. Had you
visitedAcadiainthelate1600sor
early 1700s and talked to the
childrenaboutParis,Marseillesor
Lyons,theywouldnotknowthose
areas. They had never been to
France. They had been born in
Acadie.Theywouldknowtheareas
of PortRoyal, GrandPré and
Beaubassin the communities of
Acadie. Following his voyage to
Acadiein1699,SieurdeDièreville
described the inhabitants as
Acadians, so he saw them as
distinct. Prior to that they were
describedasFrenchsettlersinthe
reportsandwritingssenttoFrance
byvariousofficials.Nowtheywere
perceivedasAcadians.
Anothertheoryastotheoriginof
the wordAcadie is that it comes
fromtheMi’kmawword“ékatie”
which means “land of” or “place
of”.TheMi’kmaqhaveresidedin
their territory of Mi’kma’ki since
time immemorial. The Mi’Kmaq
useddescriptivewords tonamea
place. Acadie could well be an
adaption of the word ékatie, so
when the land became known as
Acadie, the French settlers who
started coming here in the 1630s
becametheAcadians.Otherssayit
comes from the indigenous word
“quoddy” which means “land or
placeofabundance”.
Theword“Cajun”usedinLouisiana
isamoresouthernpronunciationof
thewordAcadian.
ToputtheconceptofAcadiansin
themoderncontext, oneneeds to
lookatspaceexploration.Ifagroup
of people went to settle on the
moon,theywouldnotchangefrom
being “earthlings” to a “lunar
people”fromonedaytothenext.
Theywouldstartoffasearthlings
exploringandtryingtocolonizethe
moon.Overtime,assomeofthem
settledonthemoon,learnedtolive
there,learnedtobeselfsufficient,
adaptedtotheconditions,children
werebornandsocietyasawhole
hadlittlecontactwithEarth,they
wouldbecomelunarpeople.
OFTHEPORT-ROYAL
HABITATION
The Historical Association of
AnnapolisRoyal,foundedin1919,
RECONSTRUCTION
playedanintegralroleinrebuilding
the PortRoyal Habitation that
visitorsenjoytoday,Canada’sfirst
reconstructionofaNationalHistoric
Site. An American member from
Cambridge,Massachusetts,Harriet
Taber Richardson, had a deep
interest in Champlain and the
Habitation. It was her dream to
raise the funds to rebuild the
Habitationwhichwasburneddown
in 1613 byVirginian, Samuel
Argall.Sheformed“TheAmerican
AssociatesofPortRoyal”,andin
1929 they made an offer to raise
$10,000.00 for the reconstruction
project. The Great Depression
began,andtheywereonlyableto
raisethesumof$1,700.00.
Successive Presidents of The
HistoricalAssociationofAnnapolis
Royal,LoftusMortonFortierand
Lt.ColonelE.K.Eaton,lobbiedthe
governmentsofR.B.Bennettand
WilliamLyonMacKenzieKingin
order to promote the PortRoyal
Habitation reconstruction project.
With the end of the Depression
starting to unfold, the Canadian
Governmentagreed.Thelandthat
hadbeensecuredbyTheHistorical
Association of Annapolis Royal
wastransferredtothegovernment.
The $1,700.00 raised by Harriet
Taber Richardson through the
AmericanAssociatesofPortRoyal
wasusedtopayforthearchaeological
dig. The Government of Canada
builttheHabitationandassumedits
operation.PortRoyalNHSopened
duringaQuarterlyMeetingofThe
HistoricalAssociationofAnnapolis
RoyalonJuly4,1941.
Interestintheprojectwasstillvery
high,soTheHistoricalAssociation
ofAnnapolisRoyalpassedamotion
at the quarterly meeting in 1933
that:“TheHistoricalAssociationof
AnnapolisRoyalpurchasetheJohn
RobleepropertyatLowerGranville,
at the price of $1,800.00, for the
purposeofusingitintheHabitation
Scheme, and that theAssociation
offer the executors of the estate
$900.00fromtheTrustFundanda
Mortgage for the balance of
$900.00”. Theywantedtosecure
the property because the site was
where it was believed Champlain
builttheHabitationin1605.
explorer,2024OfficialVisitorsGuide,Page45
Page46,explorer,2024OfficialVisitorsGuide
EVANGELINEWAS
NOTAREALPERSON
ManyAcadians who visit Grand
Pré National Historic Site take a
photoofthestatueofEvangeline,
locatedattheentrancetothepark.
Somethinkshewasarealperson.
However, if you read the 1755
Deportation List from GrandPré,
you won’t find the names of
Evangeline Bellefontaine or
Gabriel LaJeunesse. They are not
realpeoplefrom1755.Theywere
fictional characters created by
American poet Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow for his epic poem,
relating the Deportation from
GrandPré entitled Evangeline: A
TaleofAcadie.
Longfellowgottheinspirationfor
h i s 1 8 4 7 p o e m w h i l e i n
c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h h i s
contemporary, author Nathanial
Hawthorne. Hawthorne related a
tragic story he had heard from a
Reverend Horace Connelly at a
dinner party in Boston. Reverend
Connelly related the story of a
young Acadian couple at Grand
Pré who were engaged to be
married in 1755. Before their
nuptials, the British Troops
deported a lot of the Acadian
populationfromNovaScotiatothe
BritishcoloniesalongtheAtlantic
seaboard. Evangeline and Gabriel
spenttherestoftheirlivestryingto
findeach other.Attheend sheis
workingasaSisterofMercyina
hospital in Philadelphia and
recognizesanoldmandyingofthe
plagueasbeingGabriel.Shegives
himakissandhediesinherarms.
Theyreunite,butitistoolate.
For information about Louisiana,
Longfellowreadhissister’sdiaries
from her visit down south. He
researchedtheNovaScotiapartof
the history by reading Thomas
ChandlerHaliburton’sAHistorical
and Statistical Account of Nova
Scotia,publishedbyJosephHowe
in1829.(Haliburtonwasajudgein
Annapolis Royal.) Longfellow
expressedtheuniversalthemesof
strength, courage, and fidelity
whilefacing anadversesituation.
He e xp re ss es th is t hr ou gh
produced, fulllength motion
pictures in Canada. Evangeline
movieswerealsomadeintheUSin
1911,1919and1929.TheCanadian
filmwasablackandwhite35mm
silentfivereelfilmwitharuntime
of 75 minutes. The film was
pr od uc ed by th e C an ad ia n
Bioscope Company, a pioneer in
the Canadian film industry,
establishedinHalifax,NovaScotia
in1912byHerbertH.B.Holland.
The company also maintained
offices in New York. Production
costin1913was$30,000(approx.
$946,460.61in2024).
The screenplay of Longfellow's
poem was adapted by Marguerite
Marquis. Filming locations
included PortRoyal, Annapolis
Royal, the Annapolis Valley,
GrandPré, Dartmouth, Halifax,
Cow Bay, Eastern Passage and
Preston,plusOkaandSainteRose
in Quebec. The film's directors,
Edward P. Sullivan and William
Cavanaugh,andleadactors,Laura
LymanandJohnF.Carleton,were
Americans.Thevarioussupporting
cast members were Canadians.
Cinematography was done by
OliverandWilliamC.Thompson.
EVANGELINEWASONE
OFCANADA’SFIRST
FULL-LENGTHMOVIES
Evangeline,a1914Canadianfilm,
wasoneofthefirstcommercially
Unfortunately,itisnowalostfilm.
When World War I broke out the
CanadianBioscopeCompanywent
The movie debuted in NewYork
CitybeforeitsCanadianpremiere
inHalifaxonFebruary2,1914,at
theEmpireTheater,operatedbythe
CanadianBioscopeCompany.The
film was also shown inAmherst,
NS, submitted to the censorship
boards in St. John, Toronto and
Montreal, and shipped to New
York, Oklahoma and California.
Thefilmgrossed$8,000duringits
theatrical run in Nova Scotia and
$21,000fromotherareas.
It received rave reviews for its
faithfuladaptationofLongfellow's
poem. Every subtitle was a
quotationfromthepoem,andthe
visuals were based on famous
paintings.TheMayorofAnnapolis
Royal, the rector of St. Luke's
AnglicanChurch,andthecaretaker
ofFortAnnestatedthattheywere
"moved almost to tears by the
actingofthewomenandchildren"
during the graveyard scene.
Longfellow's daughter watched
andpraisedthefilm.
DidYouKnow?
bankrupt, and its films were
auctioned.Thefateofthishistoric
motionpictureremainsamystery.
The last copy of the movie
Evangeline was seen leaving
Halifax with some of Canadian
Bioscope's American production
crew.All that remains in Canada
areafewof theproduction stills,
ads and reviews published in
newspapers.(NovaScotiaArchives.)
ManyvisitorstoNovaScotiashare
their own personal “Evangeline”
stories. Explorer Guide’s editor,
Durline Melanson, remembers
readingEvangelineinher8thgrade
English class in Texas. She
escorted many tour groups to
Louisiana before bringing one to
Nova Scotia. She never dreamed
that one day she would marry an
Acadian, live in the Cradle of
Acadie, and share the story of
Evangeline with The Historical
Association ofAnnapolis Royal’s
tour groups from throughout the
world.Wayne,thetwinbrotherof
Explorer Guide’s Historian, Alan
Melanson,wasselectedasGabriel
inthe1976ClareAcadianFestival.
MOSTACADIANSDID
NOTRESETTLEON
THEIRFORMERLANDS
Very few Acadians resettled on
their former lands after the
Deportation.TheTreatyofParisin
1763endedtheSevenYears’War
(knownastheFrench/IndianWarin
NorthAmerica).Aclauseallowed
AcadianstoreturntoNovaScotia
in 1764. The majority did not
return.
A lot of Acadians escaped to
Québec and stayed there. Others
who were deported to New
EnglandwenttoQuébecbecause,
althoughitwasnowunderBritish
rule,ithadavastmajorityFrench
speaking population. Those who
returned to the presentday
PRESENT-DAY
FORTANNEWAS
NOTORIGINALLY
ABRITISHFORT
Although known as Fort Anne
today,aScottishfortand4French
fortswerepreviouslybuiltonthis
same site. The Acadians helped
build le Fort de PortRoyal,
supplied the garrison with food,
f i r e w o o d a n d l u m b e r f o r
construction, and had to work 2
weeksayeartohelpmaintainthe
fortifications. As the centre of
government,Acadianswouldbring
petitions,andtheirdeputiestriedto
represent their interests to the
administrative officials. During
wartime,theAcadianmilitiawould
becalledupontohelptheFrench
combat the attacking British
troops.TheAcadiancemeteryofSt.
JeanBaptisteislocatedwithinthe
garrison graveyard. A memorial
gravestone honours theAcadians.
Old cemetery markers will be
addedtodelineatetheirgraveyard.
MaritimeProvincescouldnotsettle
ontheirformerlandsbecausethey
hadbeengiventoEnglishsettlers
known as the New England
Planters.PlanterisanElizabethan
word for settler or colonist.
Between1759and1768,manyof
the 8,000 NewEnglandPlanters
settled on the former Acadian
lands.Acadians had to resettle in
areassuchastheregionsofClare
andArgyleinsouthwesternNova
Scotia. The land was barren and
rocky, butAcadians were able to
forgeanewlifebyharvestingthe
bountythattheseaprovidedthem.
ManyAcadiansmigrateddownto
Louisiana. Others stayed in New
Englandormigratedtherelaterin
anattemptto findwork.In 1758,
afterthefallofFortressLouisbourg,
3,500AcadiansweresentfromPort
LaJoye (now Rocky Point near
presentdayCharlottetown,PEI)to
France.Two shipssank,andover
800 people drowned. The Belle
IsleenMerareaofFrancestillhas
an Acadian population that
descendsfromthe1758exile.
TheonlyplacetodaythatAcadians
in Nova Scotia live on the same
ancestral land that their ancestors
inhabitedbeforetheDeportationis
theAcadiancommunityofPubnico,
located in the southwest Nova
Scotia Municipality of Argyle.
Acadians,underthe leadershipof
SieurPhilippeMuisd’Entremont,
established Pubnico in 1653.You
can still find descendants living
theretoday,some371yearslater.
ThestatueofEvangelineatGrand
Pré NHS (above) was sculpted in
bronzebyHenriHébert,inspiredby
a statuette created by his father,
LouisPhilippe Hébert. Henri used
hissister,Pauline,asamodelforthe
statue.ActressDeloresdelRio,who
played Evangeline in the 1929
Americansilentfilm,posedforthe
statue of Evangeline in Saint
Martinville,Louisiana(below).
Evangeline and Gabriel’s constant
searchforeachother.
Longfellowstartedthepoemin1845
andfinisheditonhis40thbirthdayin
1847.Itprovedtobeverysuccessful
and was translated into numerous
languages. When it was translated
intoFrenchin1865,Acadiansnow
hadaheroinetowhichtheycould
relate.Thisleadtoaresurgencein
pride and, eventually, an Acadian
Renaissance starting in 1881 and
manifestingitselfthroughtoday.
IfyoutalktoCajunsinLouisiana,
many believe that Longfellow
based his poem on twoAcadians
theysayactuallyexisted,Emmeline
LaBicheandLouisArceneaux.In
theirversion,thetwoloversdofind
eachotherandreuniteunderneatha
giantoaktreeinSaintMartinville,
Louisiana.Thetragedyisthatwhen
EmmelinefindsLouis,heisalready
marriedandhasafamily.
explorer,2024OfficialVisitorsGuide,Page47
OurFundyRose
SailNewBrunswicktoNovaScotia
Page48,explorer,2024OfficialVisitorsGuide
RecognizedbytheHistoricSites
andMonumentsBoardofCanada
asaNationalHistoricPerson,Rose
isconsideredbymanyasCanada’s
first policewoman. She was the
subjectoftheplayFortunebyNew
YorkplaywrightGeorgeCameron
Grant and a limitededition Rose
Fortune Canadian postage stamp
was commissioned in her honour
by The Historical Association of
AnnapolisRoyal.
BayFerriesofferstwowaysto
reach Nova Scotia by boat; the
FundyRosefromSaintJohn,NBto
Digby,NSandTheCatfromBar
Harbor, Maine to Yarmouth, NS.
The MV Confederation and MV
SaaremaagobetweenPEIandNS.
ToplanyourmemorableMaritime
adventurecallBayFerriesat1877
7627245orvisitwww.ferries.ca
Oneherdescendants,Daurene
Lewis,becameMayorofAnnapolis
Royal in 1984 and was Canada’s
firstBlackfemalemayor.
Learn more about Rose
Fortune’sinspirationaljourneyby
taking one of Alan Melanson’s
Candlelight Graveyard Tours at
FortAnneNHS.Hergravestonein
theGarrisonGraveyard,made by
localsculptorBradHall,isinthe
shape of a stylized wheelbarrow
bench.HerHSMBCmonumentis
located next to King’s Theatre in
theRoseFortunePlaza.
BayFerries’MVFundyRose
crosses the worldfamous Bay of
FundydailyfromSaintJohn,NBto
Digby,NSinabouttwohoursand
fifteenminutes.Theferryisnamed
afterRoseFortune,aBlackLoyalist
whocametoAnnapolisRoyalatthe
ageof10withherparentsafterthe
War of American Independence.
Roselaterranabusinesstransporting
goods with a wheelbarrow along
thewaterfrontandkeptthepeaceas
aselfappointedpolicewoman.
NSArchives
Rose
Fortune
Imagineexploringabeautiful
gardenwherethewindsofhistory
blow softly through the trees.
Imagine being entranced by the
beauty of an internationally
renowned landscape. Imagine
spendingthedayinseventeenacres
ofparadise.
Nestled in a serene setting
overlookingatidalrivervalley,the
AnnapolisRoyalHistoricGardens
is among Nova Scotia's premiere
attractions.TheGardensastonishes
anddelightsvisitorsofallageswith
th em ed ga rd en s, co lo ur fu l
collections and unique displays.
This is a showcase of gardening
methods, designs and materials
representing more than four
hundredyearsoflocalhistory.The
Rose Collection is a feast for the
senseswith270rosecultivarsand
thousands of fragrant blossoms.
Other favourites include the
stunning Victorian Garden, a
hillsideRock Garden, acolourful
Perennial Border and an 18th
century Governor's Garden. The
modern Innovative Garden is
popularwithvisitorsinterestedin
how to design a compact and
sustainable vegetable garden.
Of special interest is the
Acadian section of the Gardens.
This section features the only
archaeologically authenticated
replicaofapredeportationAcadian
dwelling in the Maritime region,
completewithathatchedroof.The
adjacent potager is based on
Acadian diary notes, the orchard
andwillowhedgeare17thcentury
cultivars,andthedykewalksurrounds
land first cultivated by Acadians
centuriesago.Thisgardenisbased
ona1671timeperiodwhenPort
Royal(laterAnnapolisRoyal)was
thecapital ofAcadie.Asign lists
familynamesfromthe1671census.
Throughout the Gardens you will
finduniquesculpturesbysomeof
Nova Scotia’s most renowned
Thisincrediblelovelygarden
has garnered both national and
internationalrecognitionincluding
being named Canada's Garden of
theYear.The HistoricGardensis
ownedandoperatedbyanon–profit
charitableorganization.Ticketsare
goodfortheentiredaywithrevenues
supportingfuturemaintenanceand
development. Senior, family and
groupratesareavailable.
Formoreinfocall9025327018
orvisitwww.historicgardens.com
artists.TheGardensShopfeatures
Maritimehandcraftsandgardening
gifts. Pause a moment to enjoy
coffeeorlemonadeundertheshade
ofthe350yearoldweepingElmat
the Elm Tree Café. The Historic
Gardens offer a variety of events
and activities to enhance your
experience and provide you with
somespecialmemories.
VisitTheHistoricGardens
OneofCanada’sTopTenGardensWorthTravellingforin2024
AnnapolisRoyalishometotheworldclassHistoricGardens,oneofNovaScotia’sTopAttractionsonTrip
Advisor.Anessentialpartofyourvacationexperience#seventeenacresofparadise
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