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Your history lessons so please keep them up!  How very interesting!  History has much to do with the self identities of any kind of people!  I shall read on!

posted by KaBooM62 on September 22, 2009 at 8:54 PM | link to this | reply

This is a great series of posts, Nautikos! The information and pictures are so interesting. You make an excellent history teacher!

posted by adnohr on September 15, 2009 at 3:29 AM | link to this | reply

My dad's family were Acadian, I think. I know the original settler

landed in the Quebec area as a conscripted member of the ship's crew. He'd been in debtor's prison in France. A whole mess of 'em jumped ship and disappeared -- When I was a kid I heard the word mutiny in conversations among the adults. I like to think some of my ancestors were members of the half-Cree warriors that held out or raised heck with the official government in the early days. Family legend has it that grandpa's daddy was a logger who emigrated to the U.S. around 1880 or so. Changed his name from Lagroix to something else that got mangled in the translation by semi-literate clerks in the immigration office.

I really enjoyed reading this background info. Thanks!  And the photos are wonderful.

posted by Pat_B on September 12, 2009 at 5:03 PM | link to this | reply

Beautiful pictures.  You must love it there.  I can almost feel the sea breeze just looking at the photos. 

posted by TAPS. on September 12, 2009 at 10:31 AM | link to this | reply

I'm glad I didn't ask about the Cajuns in the last post....I would have jumped the gun a bit!

posted by Corbin_Dallas on September 12, 2009 at 9:21 AM | link to this | reply

I myself enjoy the history lessons...Really am impressed by the view from the photos.

posted by FormerStudentIntern on September 11, 2009 at 6:29 PM | link to this | reply

This is truly fascinating and it inspired me to find more information about Mikmaq and look where it landed me.

http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/infos/mikmaq1.htm Clicking back to their first page I found lots of information about Arcadians. Thank you for the inspiration and the beautiful photos.

No, I have not had any problems with the print. Frustrating when these technicalities play up.

posted by elinjo on September 11, 2009 at 12:09 PM | link to this | reply

Dear Naut, did you know that quite a few Acadians who were sent back to France (particularly at the "port de Marseille) were also sent away from there because the French did not want them either? Many of them ended out in Australia of all places, because it was also a Brit colony. Very nice pics. I was there a few years ago and it is truly beautiful.

As for what I am studying at uni: I am doing a teacher degree to teach high school kids, from year 7 to 12 in biology and French as a second language.

posted by auslander on September 11, 2009 at 4:52 AM | link to this | reply

I have not had trouble with font sizing, but I give you a solidarity grrrrrr! What a gorgeous area and the background so interesting! Shelly

posted by sam444 on September 10, 2009 at 9:08 PM | link to this | reply