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Encyclopedia > Grand Pre

Grand-Pré is an unincorporated community located in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The community lies in the Annapolis Valley close to the town of Wolfville. Grand Pre was founded by Acadians in the early 1680s, where they remained until their expulsion during the Great Upheaval, which began in 1755. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with unincorporated. ... Kings County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (Latin: One defends and the other conquers) Official languages None Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant-Governor Myra Freeman Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 11 10 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 12th 55,283 km² 53,338... Annapolis Valley is an area of Nova Scotia located along the shore of the Bay of Fundy, northwest of Halifax and northeast of Yarmouth. ... Wolfville, formerly known as Mud Creek, is a small town in the rural Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada, located about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax. ... 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. ... Events and Trends The Treaty of Ratisbon between France and England in 1684 ended the Age of Buccaneers. ... The Great Upheaval (le Grand Dérangement), also known as the Great Expulsion or the Acadian Expulsion, is the eviction of the Acadian population from Nova Scotia between 1755 and 1763, ordered by governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council. ... 1755 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...


Sir Robert Laird Borden, the eighth Prime Minister of Canada, was born in Grand Pre. The Right Honourable Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC , KC , GCMG , DCL , LL.D (June 26, 1854 – June 10, 1937) was the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911, to July 10, 1920, and the third Nova Scotian to hold this office. ... Stephen Harper is the current Prime Minister of Canada. ...


External links

  • Société Promotion Grand-Pré

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Grand Pré (284 words)
By the early 18th century, Grand Pré was the focus of Les Mines (Minas), the most populated of 3 Acadian districts.
On 11 Feb 1747, it was the scene of the Battle of Grand Pré, a surprise attack by French and Indians on British troops during the WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION.
A bronze statue of Evangeline was unveiled in 1920, and a memorial chapel in the style of mid-18th-century French architecture opened in 1930.
History of Nova Scotia; Acadia, Bk.1, Part 5; Ch. 3, Battle at Grand Pré (1747). (5994 words)
It was from Grand Pré that an English fort might be set up, a place from which operations might be launched, likely, for an early spring offensive against the French at the isthmus.
When he came through, all that could be seen at Grand Pré was a population13 of Acadians who had pleaded with them (the French soldiers) to keep moving on through.
The houses along the ridge were comparatively close to one another, and, one large one, was made of stone, likely a communal structure used as a mill or for storage28; but which, the English had determined to use as their winter headquarters.
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