After our picnic lunch, we hit the road again and started our journey home. We switched hotels to the Chateau Bedford near Halifax to give ourselves a jumpstart for tomorrow's trip to the Bay of Fundy, the Hopewell Rocks, and the highest tides in the world. On our way to the hotel, we took a brief detour to the
Grand-Pré National Historic Site, a sorrowful site which commemorates the Expulsion of the Acadian peoples in the second half of the 18th century and pays tribute to Acadian culture of the 17th and 18th centuries.The Expulsion occurred during the French and Indian War and was part of the British military campaign against New France. The site is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Acadian removal was made famous by the
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem
Evangeline.
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In front of the Memorial Church
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Statue of Evangeline
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Bust of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Chart showing the Expulsion
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In the Parks Canada red chair again!
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