In the late summer and autumn of 1755, 7000 Acadians were expelled from Nova Scotia. (As portrayed in Canada: A People's History) The New England forces (comprised of American colonists ...

but the Acadians refused. On July 28, 1755, British authorities ordered the deportation of French settlers living on land now known as Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

The site – marked by one of the most extreme tidal ranges in the world, averaging 11.6 m – is also inscribed as a memorial to Acadian way of life and deportation, which started in 1755, known as the ...