Hillsborough is a village in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It has a population of 1,288(as of 2005) and is located in Albert County. The village is situated on a hill overlooking the Petitcodiac River. It is home to the Hillsborough elementry school and Caladonia Regional high school. The Village of Hillsborough's economy is primarily based on tourism. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope was restored) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant Governor Herménégilde Chiasson Premier Bernard Lord (PC) Area 72 908 km² (8th) Land 71 450 km² Water 1 458 km² (2. ... Albert County (2001 population 26,749) is located in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada on the Chignecto Bay of the Bay of Fundy. ... The Petitcodiac River courses through Moncton, New Brunswick and Dieppe, New Brunswick in Canada, into Shepody Bay on the Bay of Fundy. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Beaches make popular tourist resorts Tourist redirects here; for the album by Athlete, see Tourist (album) Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ...

History

Before the Great Expulsion of the Acadians in 1755, the area was almost 100% French. Now, few Acadians live in Hillsborough; however, there are several Acadian settlements on the opposite bank of the Petitcodiac River. On September 4th, 1755 the Battle of Petitcodiac was fought near Hillsborough. After the capture of Fort Beausejour during the Seven Years War, in an attempt to gain control over the region, the British sent a punitive expedition consisting of two companies of British colonial troops into the Petitcodiac River Valley to destroy the Acadian settlements located there. While the main body finished their operation on the eastern bank, a detachment was despatched to the western bank. When the detachment under Major Frye approached a small Acadian settlement located near where Hillsborough now stands, it encountered a French forces under command of Captain Charles Deschamps de Boishebert and was driven off with heavy losses. The site is marked by a National Historic Sites and Monument plaque. 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. ... Acadians 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. ... 1664 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...