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Fort Anne is a typical star fort built to protect the harbour of Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia. Annapolis Royal [[1]] , population 548 (Nova Scotia Statistical Review 2004 [[2]] ) was founded in 1610, down and across the Annapolis River from the site of Port Royal, which was the first permanent European settlement in North America north of Florida. ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant Governor Myra A. Freeman Premier John Hamm (PC) Area {{{TotalArea}}} km² (12th)  - Land 53,338 km²  - Water 1,946 km² (3. ...

As the focal point for French and British settlement and as the seat of government of Acadia and then Nova Scotia, Fort Anne National Historic Site played an important role in Canadian history. The site was the scene of numerous battles as France and England fought for control of North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. Both imperial powers considered the conquest of this fortified site as the key to domination of the part of eastern Canada known by the French as "Acadie" and by the British as "Nova Scotia." The site has been fortified since 1629 when the Scots who came to colonize "Nova Scotia" (New Scotland) built Charles Fort. After the colony reverted to France in the 1630s, French colonists replaced the Scots. Their leader, Charles de Menou d'Aulnay, built the first of four French forts, possibly incorporating parts of the Scots' fort. Two make-shift forts succeeded d'Aulnay's fort. Then, in 1702, the French began construction of the Vauban earthwork that still stands to-day. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west...

For much of the 17th century, until 1710, Port Royal was the capital of Acadia. From the early 1680s, the ministry of the Marine maintained a governor, civil servants and a Troupes de la Marine garrison at the site. The settlers who had come with d'Aulnay settled along the shores of the river at Port Royal and began the distinctive dykeland agriculture that is still in use to-day. These settlers evolved into the Acadian people. By 1710, approximately 600 Acadians were living at Port Royal. Other Acadian settlements had been established on the upper Bay of Fundy. In 1710, during the War of the Spanish Succession, the fort fell to British and New England troops after a week-long siege. A British governor and garrison replaced their French counterparts. Three years later, the treaty of Utrecht confirmed British sovereignty over Acadia, and Annapolis Royal (formerly Port Royal) became the capital of Nova Scotia. When war resumed in the 1740s, Isle Royale and Canada (Quebec) launched three French expeditions to regain the fort, without success. Officials at the fort continued to govern the Mi'kmaq, Acadian and small British population of Nova Scotia until 1749 when Halifax was founded as the new capital. The Bay of Fundy is a bay located on the Atlantic coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. ...