Grand Pré - National & UNESCO Heritage Site
We take a walk along the Parks Canada National Historic Site of Grand Pré, located just minutes outsides of Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
Recently, the site, along with the general area was awarded the UNESCO World Heritage Site designation.
The area was important in the early settlement of the North America, will farming villages that started to from in the late 1600's. It was the hard work of the early Acadians who constructed dykes to convert the salt water marsh into rich farm land. The land itseld it used today and features excellents crops from wineries to good ole corn.
When the Acadians were deported in 1755, New England Planters came to resettle the vacated lands, and usually rebuild on higher ground. Over the years, excavations revealed a treasure trove of information about the early Acadian life.
Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada commemorates Grand-Pré area as a centre of Acadian settlement from 1682 to 1755 and the Deportation of the Acadians, which began in 1755 and continued until 1762.
The Landscape of Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, named Canada's 16th World Heritage Site
he Landscape of Grand Pré is an outstanding example and enduring model of the human capacity to overcome extraordinary natural challenges and cultural ordeals. It is a living agricultural landscape, claimed from the sea in the 17th century and still in use today applying the same technology and the same community-based management. It is also a powerful symbolic landscape for the Acadians who lived in harmony with the native Mi'Kmaq people, were dispersed by the Grand Derangement, and symbolically re-appropriated it in a spirit of peace and cultural sharing with the English-speaking community.
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Grand-Pré National Historic Site, Nova Scotia
A taste of the gorgeous Grand Pré - National Historic Sites in Nova Scotia #7
I'm celebrating Canada's 150th birthday by visiting all the Parks Canada National historic sites in Nova Scotia!
Today's video visits the Grand Pre national historic site in the valley - site of La Grande Derangement!
Grand Pre National Park and Historic Site
A beautiful National Historic Site and garden remembering the Acadian peoples. Located in Grand Pre Nova Scotia
Grand-Pré Historic Site
Photos taken 7/11/2017 at the Grand-Pré National Historic Site.
Grand Pre National Historic Park
A look around Grand Pre National Historic Park in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia near Wolfville in the Annapolis Valley. Memorial to the Acadian explusion that too place in 1755.
The Acadian Passport: Grand Pré National Historic Site
Discover Acadie, from its roots to today:
The Village of Grand-Pré
Form the hit musical, Evangeline the Musical
Grand Pre is a song based off the Nova Scotia way of life in the village of Grand Pre.
Copyright, Paul Taranto and Jamie Wax
Discover Acadian History at Grand-Pré National Historic Site
Grand-Pré National Historic Site is a powerful monument that unites the Acadian people. Visitors to the site will uncover the tale of Le Grand Dérangement: a tragic event in Acadian history that has shaped the vibrant culture of modern day Acadians across the globe through its quiet but powerful renaissance. The site commemorates the Grand Pré area as a centre of Acadian settlement from 1682 to 1755 and the Deportation of the Acadians, which began in 1755 and continued until 1762. For many Acadians throughout the world, the site remains the heart of their ancestral homeland and the symbol of the ties that unite them to this day.
The Grand-Pré Aboiteau
An introduction to the Aboiteau found in the diked lands just north of the Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada. Excerpt from CTV Live at Five.
Exploring the Grand Pre Dykes July 3, 2010
Exploring around the Grand Pre dykes. Some sights on either side of the raised dyke. I also go on the beach and see some barnacle covered tree stumps.
Enjoying the view at Grand Pré Historic Site & Blomindon
I was en route to the start of my bike ride witht he new fata bike and noticed some new signage at this UNESCO site at Grand Pré. One new installation that I wasn't aware of is the amazing view park overlooking the site and area with Blomindon overlooking in the distance.
I walked over to the red parks canada chairs and enjoyed the view. My apologies for the jerky camera pans, I barely used this gimble and not used to the controls.
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Grand-Pré – Nova Scotia “Under The Stars” (time-lapse)
Grand-Pré National Historic Site – Nova Scotia - Canada
Short time-lapse “Under The Stars” September 2017
Fuji x-t2/rokinon 12mm/ f2, 1600 iso, 20 seconds
320 images
Time-lapse process in LRTimelaspe
Images stacked in StarStax
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The warmth Of The Sun On Her Skin 2 – Peter Sandberg
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Grand Pré - The Land of Évangeline
A tour of the Grand Pré National Historic Site. Located just minutes from Halifax along the Évangeline trail, this area is part of the Annapolis Valley. The environs is originally settled by the early French colonists called, Acadians.
In 1755, British Governor Charles Lawrence ordered the Acadians to be expelled from their homes and deported out of Canada to various regions in the Western Hemisphere. Majority of Acadians settled into Louisiana in present-day United States (called, Cajuns.).
The Grand Pré historic site (maintained by Parks Canada) is a memorial to that event in early Canadian history.
Music: Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)
The Landscape of Grand Pré from the Air
An aerial video of the Landscape of Grand Pré, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nova Scotia, Canada, filmed with a DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ quadcopter in July and August 2014.
Life in the Early Days at Grand Pré
Tanya Brideau, Daniel Pinet, Ludger Beaulieu and Joseph McNally in Life in the Early Days at Grand-Pré filmed in the Memorial Church at Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada.
Life in the Early Days at Grand-Pré
An interview with Daniel Castonguay, playwright of Life in the early Days at Grand-Pré, the play that is performed at the Grand-Pré National Historic site of Canada during the months of July and August. Excerpt from CTV Live at Five.
Life in the Early Days at Grand-Pré Part 1 of 3.avi
The play by Daniel Castonguay, Life in the Early Days at Grand-Pré, is presented daily at Grand-Pré National Historic Site from July 1st to August 25th - 6 presentations every day, 3 in English and 3 in French: grand-pre.com.
Grand-Pré National Historic Site | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Grand-Pré National Historic Site
00:00:30 1 History of Settlement
00:01:26 1.1 Colonial Wars
00:04:24 2 Evangeline
00:05:25 3 Preservation of the site
00:05:34 3.1 John Frederic Herbin
00:06:11 3.2 Dominion Atlantic Railway
00:07:19 3.3 Parks Canada
00:07:56 3.4 Archaeological activities
00:09:11 4 Historic designations
00:10:46 5 See also
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Grand-Pré National Historic Site is a park set aside to commemorate the Grand-Pré area of Nova Scotia as a centre of Acadian settlement from 1682 to 1755, and the British deportation of the Acadians that happened during the French and Indian War. The original village of Grand Pré extended four kilometres along the ridge between present-day Wolfville and Hortonville. Grand-Pré is listed as a World Heritage Site and is the main component of two National Historic Sites of Canada.