In 1755, the British required them to fight against British enemies, but the Acadians refused. On July 28, 1755, British authorities ordered the deportation of French settlers living on land now ...

Most evidence of day-to-day life in Acadia disappeared after the Deportation. The destruction of homes and communities has been an enormous challenge to historians and archaeologists as they try ...

The story culminates with the heartrending deportation of more than 10,000 French Catholic Acadians as the struggle to possess North America enters its final, decisive phase.

The site – marked by one of the most extreme tidal ranges in the world, averaging 11.6 m – is also inscribed as a memorial to Acadian way of life and deportation, which started in 1755, known as the ...