I was 16 when I visited the beach where my ancestors were deported hundreds of years before. During the Grand Derangement 10,000-plus Acadians were removed from their home in Nova Scotia, or Acadie, ...
There’s a particular stretch of Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley where the past feels unusually close. The dyked farmlands, the ...
Morgan Landry wrote that he submitted his Jan. 8 letter to clarify Acadian history. Instead, by advancing an anti-immigrant agenda, he conflated different periods of our diaspora and added confusion.
ALLAGASH, Maine – Cathie Pelletier started writing a historical novel about the expulsion of Acadian refugees in 1998. Now, nearly 30 years later, she has released “Evangeline’s Journey.” The book ...