In the late summer and autumn of 1755, 7000 Acadians were expelled from Nova Scotia. (As portrayed in Canada: A People's History) The New England forces (comprised of American colonists ...

but the Acadians refused. On July 28, 1755, British authorities ordered the deportation of French settlers living on land now known as Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

Their peaceful existence was uprooted in 1755 when over 10,000 Acadians were ripped from their homeland to ensure British rule in North America. This Heritage Minute portrays the deportation ...

This is something that has been threatened and weakened through time, ever since the deportation and expulsion of the Acadians in 1755 that saw Acadians forcibly removed and banished from their homes.

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 ...