Acadia Acadia "A few acres of snow" (in the original French, "Quelques arpents de neige") is a quotation from Voltaire popularly understood to be a sneering evaluation of New France's — and, by extension, Canada's — lack of mercantile value and strategic importance to France. It is regularly quoted by Canadians and particularly Quebecers who want to prove that Canada is worth much more than Voltaire's dismissive perception. Poet Louis-Honoré Fréchette paid himself a revenge on Voltaire in his poem "Sous la statue de Voltaire" ("Under the statue of Voltaire"), published in La légende d'un Peuple ( 1887). The Québécois have had their own revenge on this supposedly dismissive summation of their country by punningly calling the French language edition of Trivial Pursuit "Quelques arpents de pièges" (a few acres of traps). ...more on Wikipedia about "A few acres of snow"
Acadia (in French Acadie) was the name given by the French to a territory in northeastern North America which includes parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritime provinces and modern-day New England stretching as far south as Philadelphia. The actual specification by the French government for the territory refers to lands bordering the Atlantic coast, roughly between the 40th and 46th parallels. Later, the territory was divided into the British colonies which were to become American states and Canadian provinces. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acadia"
The Acadians ( French: Acadiens) are the original French settlers of parts of the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Although Acadians and Quebecers are both French-Canadian, Acadia was founded four years before Quebec and in a geographically separate area. Consequently, the two cultures are distinct. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acadian"
Acadian French (le français acadien) is a dialect of French spoken by the Acadians in the Canadian Maritimes provinces and the Saint John River Valley in northern Maine. Like other Canadian French dialects, it diverged from the French of France about 400 years ago at the time of the French colonization of the Americas, and therefore sounds archaic and Old World to other Francophones, characterized by vocabulary and other traits reminiscent of the language of Rabelais and Molière. Cajun, a French dialect of Louisiana, is descended from Acadian French. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acadian French"
The Acadian World Congress is a festival of Acadian and Cajun culture and history, held every five years. It is also informally known as the Acadian Reunion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acadian World Congress"
The Honourable Antonine Maillet, PC, CC, OQ, ONB, LL.D, FRSC, (born May 10, 1929) is a Canadian Acadian novelist, playwright, and scholar. She was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick and lives in Montreal, Quebec. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antonine Maillet"
Ave Maris Stella ("Hail Star of the Sea") is a plainsong hymn to the Virgin Mary. It is of uncertain origin and can be dated back at least as far as the 9th Century. It was especially popular in the middle ages and has been used by many composers the basis of other compositions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ave Maris Stella"
Charles Lawrence ( December 14, 1709 – October 19, 1760) was a British military officer who, as lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, was responsible for overseeing the expulsion of Acadians from the colony, the Great Upheaval. He was born in Plymouth, England and died in Halifax, Nova Scotia). ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Lawrence"
Church Point or Pointe-de-l'Église is a small town on Saint Mary's Bay in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is home to Université Sainte-Anne and is known primarily for the tallest wooden church in North America, which is located just north of the University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Church Point, Nova Scotia"
Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie is a poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It describes the betrothal of an Acadian peasant girl named Evangeline to her lover, Gabriel, and their separation as the British deport the Acadians from Canada in the Great Expulsion. The poem then follows Evangeline across the landscapes of America as she spends years in a search for him. Finally she settles in Philadelphia and, as an old woman, works as a nurse among the poor. While tending the dying during an epidemic she finds Gabriel among the sick, and he dies in her arms. ...more on Wikipedia about "Evangeline"
The flag of Acadia was adopted on August 15, 1884, at the Acadian National Convention Miscouche ( Prince Edward Island) by the Acadian people of Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flag of Acadia"
Fort Beauséjour, also referred to as Fort Cumberland, is a National Historic Site located in Aulac, New Brunswick, Canada. It is approximately 8 kilometres east of the town of Sackville on a ridge overlooking the Tantramar Marshes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fort Beauséjour"
A French fort Fort Ste. Anne was built in Acadia (now St Anne's Bay in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) and occuppied from 1639 to 1641 and was built by Captain Charles. It was amongst a few French forts in the area later known as Englishtown: Simon Denys' Fort 1650 - 1659 and Fort Dauphin 1713- 1745. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fort Sainte Anne"
Fortress Louisbourg (in French, Forteresse de Louisbourg) is a Canadian National Historic Site and the location of a partial reconstruction of an 18th century French fortress at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fortress Louisbourg"
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Grand Dérangement is a music group from Acadia—more specifically, the Baie Sainte-Marie area of southwestern Nova Scotia—whose style is influenced by elements of Acadian folk music, American country, folk and rock styles, Celtic music, French chansonniers, and even Broadway showtunes. Their name, meaning "great disturbance", comes from the French name for the Great Expulsion of Acadians by the British in 1755—a major turning point of Acadian history—but also refers to the group's desire to "rouse its audience." ...more on Wikipedia about "Grand Dérangement (band)"
The Great Upheaval (le Grand Dérangement), also known as the Great Expulsion or the Acadian Expulsion, was the forced population transfer or ethnic cleansing of the Acadian population from Nova Scotia between 1755 and 1763, ordered by British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Upheaval"
The Habitation at Port-Royal is a National Historic Site located at Port Royal in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Habitation at Port-Royal"
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