Description
This course with Donlon Hurtubise will provide: 1) a review of Acadia (largely the area of today’s Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) from its first founding in 1604 by Samuel de Champlain and others, through the brutal deportations of Acadians under British rule during what historians refer to as the Great Upheaval or Le Grand Dérangement that commenced in 1755 ; 2) an overview of the post 1755 geographic distribution of our Acadian ancestors in exile throughout the Americas and parts of Europe; and 3) a focus on what is known about Le Grand Arrangement Des Acadiens Au Québec, or the reassembly of some exiled Acadian families in Quebec. This primer will contain a significant amount of graphically informative material (maps and charts) rather than text, as well as guides and suggestions to specific resources and locations of interest to those exploring their Acadian roots.
