Acadian Historical Sites: Nova Scotia

Amherst [Beaubassin] (Trans Canada Highway 104)

• Historical marker for Fort Lawrence (1225 Fort Lawrence Road)
• Monument(s) to Beaubassin at Tourist Center
• Museum for Beaubassin at Tourist Center
• Tantramar Marsh & Missaguash River (site of Beaubassin) located behind Tourist Center
• Beaubassin and Fort Lawrence National Historic Sites with short trail through upland marsh and explanatory signage (Begins near 1225 Fort Lawrence Road)
• Marker honoring Jacques Bourgeois at Tourist Center
• Cumberland County Museum (150 Church Street)

River Hebert (Route 242)

See tidal bores at Maccan Tidal View Wetland Park & Tidal Bore Park on Main Street by River Hebert bridge

Minudie (North of Route 242 just beyond River Hebert)

Amos Seaman School Museum (free) housed in original Acadian one-room schoolhouse

Cape Chignecto Provincial Park (At head of Bay of Fundy; 1108 West Advocat Road, Advocat Harbor, NS)

• Watch the huge tides reach the head of the Bay of Fundy and then empty out
• Hike the bottom of the bay at low tide

Advocate Harbor (Route 209)

• Watch the huge tides reach the head of the Bay of Fundy and then empty out
• One of oldest towns in Atlantic Canada
• "Oldest Settled Communities" Plaque (South side of Highway 209 about 50 meters west of Advocate Harbour Post Office)
• Acadian community here
• Acadians built extensive dikes between shore and barrier beach here
• You can walk on top one of dikes starting near town bridge in Advocate Harbor and going to beach

Five Islands (Route 2)

Isles Rouges Acadian Heritage Sign 1 (Bay Gardens Campground, #482 Highway 2)

Economy (Route 2)

• Cobequid Interpretive Centre (Hiway 209) has Acadian displays & books for sale
• Acadian dykes in area can be seen from WWII Observation Tower at Centre
• Economy Acadian Heritage Sign 2 (Cobequid Interpretive Centre, #3246 Highway 2)

Portaupique (Route 2)

Remains of Acadian dykes can be seen in saltmarshes

Great Village (Route 2)

Village le Cadet Acadian Heritage Sign 4 (In front of #8880 Highway 2 at Wharf Road)

Glenholme (Route 2)

Village Longuépée Acadian Heritage Sign 5 (Intersection of Highways 2 & 4)

Lower Debert (Route 2)

Village Martin Bourque Acadian Heritage Sign 6 (South side of Highway 2 at the Debert River Bridge)

Masstown (Route 2)

• Cairn at United Church commemorates first Acadian church (North side of Highway 2)
• Sign on seaside of highway just past church commemorates St. Peter and St. Paul Catholic Church location (an Acadian church) (South side of Highway 2)
• La Paroisse Acadian Heritage Sign 7E (Highway 2 near farm)
• La Paroisse Acadian Heritage Sign 7W (Highway 2)

Belmont

• Nigaganiche Acadian Heritage Sign 8 (Highway 2 to Belmont Road. North on Belmont Road for 3.4 km to fork in road. Left (west) branch about 900 meters to sign.)
• Trail to Patameragouche Acadian Heritage Sign 9 (Highway 2 to Belmont Road. North on Belmont Road for 3.4 km to fork in road. Right (north) branch about 900 meters to sign.)

Onslow (Route 2)

Village Dugas Acadian Heritage Sign 10 (Route 2 near North River Bridge. About 3.4 km east of Highway 102 Exit 14A)

Route 2 at Ishgonish River

Cairn commemorates the travelway of Acadians and Mi'kmaq

Bible Hill (Route 311 at Trans Canada Highway 104)

• Acadian community water well located near Aucoin (Salmon) River. Has plaque at site. Located at Holy Well Park on Main Street in Bible Hill.
• Village Aucoin Acadian Heritage Sign 16 (West side of Main Street [Highway 322])
• Les Puits Sacré Acadian Heritage Sign 17 (About 50 meters east from CN Railway Overpass between Truro and Bible Hill)

Tatamagouche (Highway 6 at Highway 246)

• Patameragouche Acadian Heritage Sign 12 (From intersection of Highways 6 and 246 at Post Office, drive 2.3 km north on Highway 6 to 'Loop of Trunk 6'. Then drive 1.2 km east along 'Loop of Trunk 6' to the Sign.)
• Sentier à Cobeguit Acadian Heritage Sign 13 (From intersection of Highways 6 and 246 at Post Office, drive 1.6 km west on Highway 246 to Cooper Road and then 1.0 km north on Cooper Road to the Sign.)
• Tatamagouche Acadian Heritage Sign 14 (On Creamery Road in Tatamagouche)
• Naval Encounter on 15 June 1745 occurred here involving ship from Annapolis Royal going to Louisbourg (Southwest side of Highway 6 a few hundred meters northwest from downtown Tatamagouche. Monument is on grounds of North Colchester Junior-Senior High School.)

Brûlé (Highway 6 at Highway 326)

Brûlé Acadian Heritage Sign 15 (Located opposite #4081 Highway 6)

Truro [Cobequid] (Highway 102)

• Some Guedry's lived here in early 1700's
• Victoria Park has hiking trail with Acadian well (29 Park Road, Truro, NS)
• Colchester Historical Society Museum (local history, bookstore) (29 Young Street, Truro, NS)
• Bois Brulé Acadian Heritage Sign 18 (In Victoria Park parking lot)
• Bois Brulé Acadian Heritage Sign 19 (North side of McClures Mills Connector Road [also known as Truro Heights Connector Road] and about 100 meters west from Willow Street [Highway 2])

Lower Truro (Highway 236)

Village Le Bourque Acadian Heritage Sign 20 (From Exit 14 of Highway 102 drive west on Highway 236 about 1.5 km to #3899 Highway 236)

Old Barns (Route 236 off Highway 102 near Truro)

• Two old barns that escapted destruction during Deportation were here
• Village Le Bourque Acadian Heritage Sign 21 (From Exit 14 of Highway 102 drive 7.3 km west on Highway 236 to Milltown Road.)

Clifton (Route 236)

Village Le Bourque Acadian Heritage Sign 22 (From Exit 14 of Highway 102 drive 9.3 km west along Highway 236 to Black Rock Road. Take Black Rock Road 2.7 km north to Shore Road. Take Shore Road east 1.5 km to Sign.)

Riverside (Highway 277 just east of Route 2)

Village Hebert Acadian Heritage Sign 23 (From Exit 11 of Highway 102 take Route 2 north. About 300 meters north of Stewiacke Bridge turn west at the 'Riverside' sign. Take Riverside Road (follow pavement) to Caddell Rapids Look Off on the west side of Riverside Road. This is about 0.7 km beyond Highway 102 overpass.)

Stewiacke (Highway 102 at Exit 11)

Village Hébert Acadian Heritage Sign 24 (From Exit 11 of Highway 102 take Main Street. Drive about 200 meters west to Garden Gate Lane, then drive 100 meters north on Garden Gate Lane to Farmer Clem's Garden Center.)

Shubenacadie River (Route 2, Route 215)

This river was part of Mi'kmaq and Acadian route from Bay of Fundy through 115 lakes and rivers to Halifax Harbour.

Shubenacadie (Route 2 at Highway 224)

Mission Sainte-Anne Acadian Heritage Sign 25 (Exit 10 on Highway 102 at Shubenacadie to Highway 215. Drive about 800 meters on Highway 215 to Sign at Snide's Lake.)

Maitland (Highway 215 at Highway 236)

Village Robert Acadian Heritage Sign 24 (East side of Highway 215 about 50 meters north of Lawrence House.)

From South Maitland to Avondale (Route 215)

Acadians settled here in 1600's and built extensive dykes

Noel (Highway 215 at Highway 354)

• Village Noêl Acadian Heritage Sign 23 (About 30 meters west of Intersection of Highways 215 and 354) [
• In 1758 during the deportations almost all of the Doiron family originally from the Village Noel drowned when the Duc William on which they were being deported sank.

Tennecape (Highway 215)

La Grande Anse Acadian Heritage Sign 22 (South side of Highway 215)

Walton (Highway 215)

Petite Rivière Acadian Heritage Sign 21 (At the Walton Lighthouse)

Cheverie (Highway 215)

Village de Chevarie Acadian Heritage Sign 20 (Fundy side of Highway 215)

Summerville (Route 215)

Marsters Road called Cajun Creek Road until 1940's and nearby brook is called Cajun Creek. Acadian cellars in area.

Cogmagun (Walton Woods Road off Highway 215)

Cogmagun River Acadian Heritage Sign 18 & Acadian Cemetery (Take Highway 215 to North River Road. Drive about 2.9 km east on North River Road to Walton Woods Road. Drive about 5.5 km north on Walton Woods Road to Sign.)

Kennetcook River (Highway 215)

Acadians dyked and drained marshes along this river

Avondale (Avondale Road off Highway 215 at Highway 236)

Avondale / Newport Landing Acadian Heritage Sign 16 (At Avon River Heritage Society Museum, #17 Belmont Road)

Poplar Grove (Off Route 215 near Avondale)

• Home built of local fieldstone in 1699 was French mission for Acadian villages in area
• Village Thibodeau Acadian Heritage Sign 15 (Near #908 Avondale Road)

Mantua (Highway 14 at Avondale Road)

Village Vincent Acadian Heritage Sign 14 (Highway 215 to Highway 4. Drive about 6.0 km east on Highway 14 to Avondale Road. About 20 meters north of this intersection is the Sign.)

Sweets Corner (Wentworth Road off Highway 14)

Cinq Maisons Acadian Heritage Sign 13 (Highway 215 to Highway 14. Drive 4.6 km east on Highway14 to Wentworth Road. Drive 800 meters south on Wentworth Road to Old Cemetery Road. Drive 700 meters east on Old Cemetery Road to #149 Old Cemetery Road.)

Windsor (Highway 101)

• Village LeBlanc Acadian Heritage Sign 12 (Exit 5A of Highway 101 to Wentworth Road. Sign is located on west side of Wentworth Road about 50 meters north of Highway 101 overpass.)
• West Hants Historical Museum and Genealogy Centre (281 King Street)
• Fort Edward National Historic Site & Blockhouse [Acadian prison] (Take Exit 6 of Highway 101 and follow Water Street. Turn left at first intersection to Fort Edward Street) - Augustin Guédry (Gettry); St. Alphonse founder was here in 1768
• L'Eglise de l'Assomption Catholic Church (King Street) [Church built in this area in 1698 and burned about 1752]

St. Croix (Highway 101 at Exit 4)

Sainte Croix Acadian Heritage Sign 11 (Located beside Highway 1 about 10 meters west from the St. Croix River Bridge.)

Lebreau Creek (Highway 14)

Village Breaux Acadian Heritage Sign 8 (From Intersection of Highways 1 and 14 at Windsor, drive 2.2 km south on Highway 14 to Sign opposite #5109 Highway 14.)

Three Mile Plains (Highway 1 just southeast of Highway 14)

Village Trahan [Trahan family lived near head of Lebreau Brook]

Windsor Forks (Highway 14)

• Village Abraham Landry Acadian Heritage Sign 7 (From Intersection of Highways 1 and 14 at Windsor drive 6.1 km south on Highway 14 to Sign which is opposite #4321 Highway 14.)
• Village Pierre Germain Landry

Castle Frederick

Village Pierre Landry Acadian Heritage Sign 5 [Remnants of well, Acadian cellars and mill still visible] (From Exit 7 of Highway 101 at Falmouth drive to Highway 1. Take Highway 1 west about 1.0 km to Falmouth Dyke Road. Drive 8.8 km on Falmouth Dyke Road to Sign.)

Upper Falmouth (Small road off Highway 101 south of Falmouth)

Acadian Forest Farm Acadian Heritage Sign 4 [Old Acadian apple trees and stone cellars] (From Exit 7 of Highway 101 drive to Highway 1. Take Highway 1 about 1.0 km west to Falmouth Dyke Road. Take Falmouth Dyke Road about 5.7 km south to Upper Falmouth crossroads. From the crossroads drive 600 meters west on Back Road to a fork in the road. Take the left branch of this fork (Mines Road) for 5.8 km to the mailbox for #1200 Mines Road. Take the private one-lane side road that goes west from Mines Road. Sign is located along this side road about 1.0 km from Mines Road.)

Falmouth (Highway 101)

• Sainte Famille Cemetery [Acadian] (From Route 101 take Exit 7 to Falmouth. Follow Route 1 in westerly direction 0.5 km to Gabriel Road. Turn left onto Gabriel Road and go 2 km to Cemetery at 419 Gabriel Road.) [This was a very old Acadian cemetery]
• Sainte Famille Wines Ltd (Corner of Dyke Road and Dudley Park Lane in Falmouth) [On an original Acadian settlement]
• Village Forest Acadian Heritage Sign 3 (From Exit 7 of Highway 101 go to Highway 1 and drive 1.0 km west to Falmouth. On Falmouth Dyke Road drive 4.7 km south to Sign at Dudley Park Lane.)
• Village Babin Acadian Heritage Sign 2 (Located opposite #2130 Highway 1 about 100 meters west from the Avon River Bridge.)

Mount Denson (Highway 101 north of Falmouth)

Village Rivest Acadian Heritage Sign 1 (Located near Highway 1 at the Halfway River Bridge)

Melanson (White Rock Road)

Gaspereau (White Rock Road & Ridge Road through area)

Wolfville (Highway 1)

• Acadian dykes at end of Front Street (see dykelands, Bay of Fundy and Cape Blomidon)
• Walk dykes at Wolfville Waterfront Park which has interpretative panels (Note very early dyke remains on left at start of dyke leading to Grand-Pré)

Grand-Pré (2242 Grand-Pré Road)

• Grand-Pré World Heritage Site (Church replica, old French willows, Acadian well and blacksmith's shop); Saint-Charles-des-Mines church was here
• Herbin Monument marks cemetery of Acadians
• Horton Landing was embarkation point on Gaspereau River for deportation of Grand-Pré Acadians (Take Horton Cross Road for 1 km and turn left on Wharf Road and drive 6 km. Pass railroad tracks and turn right immediately after white farmhouse.) Cairn & Deportation Cross are here. Also see Acadian dyke topped by later dike.
• Attack at Grand-Pré plaque (Intersection of Grand Pré Road and Old Post Road) [ 1747 attack by French on British soldiers at Grand-Pré; a few Acadians assisted French] https://www.hmdb.org/PhotoFullSize.asp?PhotoID=495326
• At Visitor Center see excellent displays on Acadian history including double cup and glass decanters from Church Street and aboiteau from Melanson Settlement.

New Minas (Highway 201)

Village St. Antoine Plaque (Beside Highway 1 at village boundaries)

Kentville (North from Exit 12 off Highway 101)

Kings County Museum Genealogy Resource Center (37 Cornwallis Street) [Has Acadian Census records of 1671-1758]

Chipmans Corner (Take Exit 12 off Highway 101 to Route 341)

• Monument marks Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-aux-Canards Catholic Church parish (corner of Middle Dyke Road and Church Street)
• Plaque denoting site of Acadians' Saint-Joseph Catholic Church (Edge of cemetery)

Church Street

Acadian Treasure of double cup and two glass decanters excavated (1013 Church Street) [Can be seen at Grand-Pré Visitor Center]

Upper Dyke; Upper Canard; Lower Canada [La Rivière-aux-Canards] (Highway 341)

View of dyked lands

Lower Canard (Highway 341 at Minas Basin)

Porter's Point, the tip of Lower Canard, was known as "La Pointe des Breau"

Port Williams (Route 358 from Greenwood)

• Parking lot beside Port Williams bridge is good vantage point to view tides of Minas Basin
• Acadian Dyke Drive (winds through Starr's Point, Kingsport and Pereau to Blomidon and Lookoff; see Acadian dykes)
• Route 358 from Port Williams to Church Street laid out by Acadians

Starrs Point

• Planters Memorial (Town Plot Loop on Starrs Point Road)
• Cornwallis River at this point was point of embarkation for Acadians of this area; Sloops Industry, Endeavour, Mary & Prosperous left from here (Town Plot Loop on Starrs Point Road)

Canning - Pereau - Kingsport Area

This area originally was "Rivière des Vieux Habitants"

The Lookoff (Route 358, Canning, NS)

• At Blomidon the Lookoff Viewing Site atop North Mountain has unparalleled views of the Annapolis Valley, Minas Basin and beyond
• Excellent views & interpretative panels

Cape Blomidon (Just east of northern end of Route 358)

Blomidon Provincial Park (spectacular scenery)

Halls Harbour

Follow crest of North Mountain from Blomidom Lookoff to Halls Harbour to see good anchorage for Acadian sailors

Morden (Take Exit 16 off Highway 101 and follow Route 221 west to Morden)

French Cross honoring Acadians from Belleisle

Bear River (Exit 24 on Highway 101)

• Bear River Heritage Museum (1890 Clementsvale Road)
• Mi'kmaq Cultural Centre (displays, modern handicrafts)

Port-Royal Habitation (53 Historic Lane off Granville Road, Granville Ferry, NS)

• Port-Royal Habitation - reconstructed fort on original 1605 site of Acadians
• Scotch Fort (North side of highway opposite Port Royal Habitation)

Melanson Settlement (3870 Grandville Road, Granville Ferry, NS; 6.5 km from Annapolis Royal)

• Site of the Melanson Village with interpretative panels and trail
• Aboiteau discovered here can be seen at Grand-Pré Visitor Center

Annapolis Royal (Highway 201)

• Fort Anne National Historic Site (323 St. George Street) [Acadian exhibit in Museum; Powder Magazine is original; built 1702-1708]
• Acadian cemetery of St-Jean-Baptiste Catholic Church 1702-1755 (Interpretative Panel; part of cemetery outside fort) (323 St. George Street)
• Historic Gardens (441 St. George Street) [Acadian kitchen garden, Acadian house, aboiteau)
• Sinclair Inn Museum (230 St. George Street) [Built 1710; Construction techniques of 1700's; Oldest surviving Acadian building in Canada; Built by Jean-Baptiste Soullard & Françoise Louise Comeau]
• de Gannes-Cosby House (477 St. George Street) [Built 1708-1731; Sits close to road on Upper St. George Street in residential part of town; Constructed in the Acadian style; a pre-expulsion Acadian residence; Oldest wooden house in Nova Scotia]
• Claude Guédry family was in area in 1698

Homesites to visit from Annapolis River Valley map

• South side of River
  • Abraham Dugas
  • Pierre Comeau
  • Pierre Thibodeau
  • Pierre Comeau
  • Alexandre Hébert
• North side of River
  • Claude Petitpas (in Bridgetown)
  • Emmanuel Hébert
  • Alexandre Hébert
  • Germain Bourgeois
  • Guillaume Bourgeois
  • Guillaume Blanchard
  • Claude Thériault
  • Abraham Brun
  • René Doucet
  • Abraham Bourg

Granville (Route 201)

Battle of Bloody Creek Monument (South side of Highway 201 about 4.3 km west of Highway 101 overpass)

Round Hill (Route 201)

• Village Thibodeau (Pierre Thibodeau)
• Pierre Thibodeau plaque near small bridge

Paradise (Route 1)

Village Gaudet

Belle-Isle (Highway 1)

• Belle-Isle Hall Acadian Cultural Centre (16 Little Brook Lane, Granville Ferry, NS)
• Excavation in Belle-Isle Marsh in 2004
• See artifacts from excavation at Museum of Natural History on Summer Street in Halifax

Bridgetown (Highway 1)

Olivier Daigle Homesite with historic sign http://lloyddaigle.tripod.com/DaigleLand.htm

Plympton (Route 1)

• Holy Cross Catholic Church and Cemetery (6945 Highway 1) [Jeddrie's buried here]
• Knob Hill (6860 Highway 1) [Original Augustin Guedry property who founded St. Alphonse]

Gilberts Cove (Highway 1)

Gilbert Cove Lighthouse (244 Lighthouse Road off Highway 1 along bay cove)

St. Bernard (Highway 1)

St. Bernard Catholic Church (3623 Highway 1)

Belliveau Cove (L'Anse-des-Belliveau)

Pointe-à-Major (Beach at end of Doucette Point Road off Highway 1) [1st Acadian Cemetery; Replica Chapel; Plaque; Acadian Cemetery used until 1791; Site of 1755-1756 refugee camp where 120 Acadians fleeing Port Royal and 232 Acadians that escaped the Pembroke after mutinying. The 120 Acadians wintered in this area in 1755-1756. Some of them died and were buried in a small cemetery in the area. The 232 Acadians stayed about a month in December 1755, then sailed to the Saint John River.] -Parc Joseph & Marie Dugas (On Highway 1 just north of Docette Point Road) [Wharf, old post office, lighthouse and Sentier Piau, a 5 km trail on shoreline]

Belliveau Cove

Home of Colonel Anselme Doucet (On Pointe-à-Major Road near Route 1 on left) [Commanding officer of Nova Scotia Militia; Died 1861]

Grosses Coques

• Joseph Dugas & Marie-Josephe Robichaud Home (2692 Highway 1 - just north of Christophe Dugas Road) [Oldest home in Clare] [1st Acadians to settle in Clare region in 1768]
• Cairn commemorating first St. Mary's Bay Church built in 1774 (Highway 1)

Ohio (Weaver Settlement) (Highway 340 at Rexs Drive)

Childhood home of Msgr. Édouard LeBlanc, born in 1870

Church Point (1713 Highway 1)

• St. Mary's Catholic Church & Museum and Cemetery (Highway 1)
• Interesting Graves in Cemetery:
  • Arsena Boudreau (LeBlanc) - Husband-Charles LeBlanc; Mom-Edith Jeddry; Dad-Theophile Boudreau
  • Frances Geddry (Dugas) - Wife of Leander Dugas
  • Alselme Doucet (War hero and early settler of area)
  • Joseph Dugas (First settler of Clare)
• Université Sainte-Anne (1695 Highway 1) [Acadian University; Bookstore]
• Acadian Centre Archives (1695 Highway 1; Ste-Anne Université, 2nd floor of Louis R. Comeau Library Building)
• "Evangeline" play
• Monument to Père Sigogne (In front of church on Highway 1)
• Old Stone at Church Point near the lighthouse behind church marking the first church at Church Point built in 1786 and the first visit of a bishop to Church Point. Area called Le Petit Bois.
• Frederic Belliveau Home (Highway 1) [Built 1817]
• Father Sigogne Presbytere (On a point behind church; Area called Le Petit Bois)
• Father Sigogne Tomb (Université Ste-Anne in front of Gustave-Blanche Building)
• Joseph Dugas Monument (In front of elementary school [École Joseph Dugas] in Church Point; 450 Patrice Road)
• Hilaire LeBlanc Home (33 Isaac LeBlanc Chemain (Road); Off Highway 1 south of university; Near Île à Séraphin) [Built 1874; Hilaire LeBlanc was a blacksmith and direct descendant of first settler of Church Point; One of few remaining models of old architecture]

Saulnierville (Highway 1)

• Eglise Sacré-Coeur (Sacred Heart Catholic Church) (9650 Highway 1)
• Cemetery for Eglise Sacré-Coeur (Turn south (away from bay) on road alongside church) [Jeddry's buried here]
• Canadian Legion Monument (Next to Canadian Legion Hall at 9938 Highway 1) [Emery Geddry name on Monument; Only Canadian Guédry to die in WWII]

Comeauville

• Comeauville Freshmart (645 Highway 1) [Has Acadian Root Baskets (Pain Acadien)]
• Mill of Charles Boudreau (On the river at the Comeauville Bridge; On Highway 1 between Comeauville and Saulnierville)

Meteghan (Highway 1)

• Stella Maris Catholic Church and Cemetery (8270 Highway 1) [Jerome's grave here] [Geddry's buried here]
• A. F. Theriot Shipyard (1 D'Entremont Road off 9080 Highway 1) [Geddry's worked here]
• La Vieille Maison Museum (8312 Highway 1) [Acadian history of area]
• Smuggler's Cove Provincial Park (Just off 7651 Highway 1 at sign on west side of Meteghan) [Location where rum smuggled into area]
• Geddry's Corner (Placide Comeau Road at Second Division Road) [Several Geddry homes here]
• Ice Cream Stand (9121 Highway 1) [Built by Gustave Geddry]
• Gustave Geddry Home (9104 Highway 1)
• Meteghan Dock/Marina (Pierre Dugas Road off Highway 1) [Geddry's left from here to fish]

Meteghan Station

• Bangor Sawmill (728 Maza Road) [Geddry's worked here in lumbering]
• Geddry's Corner (2nd Division Road at Placide Comeau Road) [Has several homes owned by Geddry family; Several Geddry's worked on railroad] [Some Geddry's living here were Gustave Geddry, 1620 2nd Division Road; Alexandre Geddry, 1637 2nd Division Road; James Jeddry, 1627 2nd Division Road]
• Round Barn at Meteghan Station

Bear Cove Road (off Highway 1)

• Small dirt road leading to bay near major 90-degree bend in road [Landing location of Augustin Guedry when initially coming to St. Alphonse in 1787]
• Geddry's Intersection (Intersection of Bear Cove Road and Highway 1 near St. Alphonse) [Augustin Guédry lived on land to north of Highway 1 from here]

St. Alphonse (Highway 1)

• Augustin Guédry & Marie Jeanson founded the town of St. Alphonse in 1787
• Comeau Lumber Ltd (7578 Highway 1) [Jeddry's worked here]
• St. Alphonse Catholic Church & Cemetery [6553 Highway 1) [Jeddry's buried here]
• Augustin Guédry & Marie Jeanson Plaque (Behind church at edge of cemetery on rock)
• Philippe Geddry Home (7051 Highway 1) [Home of Philippe Geddry]
• Jerome's House / Dedier Comeau Home in St. Alphonse

Cape St. Mary (off Highway 1)

• Lighthouse (Lighthouse Road near end of Cape St. Mary's Road) [Operated by a Jeddry for many years]
• Mavillette Beach (John Doucette Road off Cape St. Mary's Road at St. Mary's Bay)

Salmon River (Highway 1)

• St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and Cemetery (Highway 1) [Jeddry's buried here]
• Jeddry's Auto Body (6401 Highway 1)

Concessions

Notre Dame du Mont Carmel Catholic Church & Cemetery (3614 Second Division Road) [Jedrey's buried here]

Hectanooga

George Saulnier (Made superb Acadian root baskets)

Cape Forchu (Route 304)

• Location of Fort De Lomeron near lighthouse
• Cape Fourchu Lighthouse (1856 Route 304, 7 miles from Yarmouth) [Fisherman's Monument, Interpretative Center]
• Champlain landed here in 1604

Yarmouth (Route 101)

• Yarmouth County Museum & Archives (22 Collins Street) [Exhibit on Acadians]
• W. Laurence Sweeney Fisheries Museum (112 Water Street) [Fishing industry]
• Our Lady of Calvary Cemetery (134 Forest Street; St. Ambroise)
• * Sophie Mary (Melanson) Geddry

Tusket

Argyle Township Courthouse (8168 Highway 3) [Oldest courthouse in Canada; Built 1805]

Wedgeport (Route 304)

• Pioneer Families Monument (Off Route 304) [Commemorates Acadian settlers of Wedgeport from 1769-1800]
• La Butte-de-la-Croix (331 West Road; Off Route 304, East Road to Wedgeport, turn left and drive to cul-de-sac) [Oldest maintained Acadian site in southwestern Nova Scotia; Site of first mass in 1769; Symbol of courage of first Acadians returning from exile in 1767] [Trails]
• St. Michael's Catholic Church & Cemetery (2552 Highway 334, Arcadia, NS) [1st Church built in 1822; Current church built in 1913]
• Wedgeport Sport Tuna Fishing Museum (57 Tuna Wharf Road; On Route 334 in Lower Wedgeport) [Interpretative center shows Acadian heritage]

Ste-Anne-du-Ruisseau (Route 3)

• Eglise Ste-Anne Catholic Church (7309 Highway 3; Exit 32A of Highway 103 or Exit 33 of Highway 103 to Route 3) [Current church built 1900]
• Ste-Anne First Chapel Site & Replica (1.5 km from Eglise Ste-Anne Church, Rocco Point Road off Route 3) [Originally built in 1784 after Acadians returned; archeological artifacts]

Eel Brook (Rocco Point)

• Settled by Acadians in 1767 who escaped deportation and those returning from exile. Originally called Pointe-à-Rocco where first settlers built a chapel and a few homes. First Catholic Church in Yarmouth County built here in 1784.
• Ste-Anne First Chapel Site & Replica (259 Rocco Point Road; 1.5 km from Eglise Ste-Anne Church, Rocco Point Road off Route 3) [Originally built in 1784 after Acadians returned; archeological artifacts]

Pubnico (Highway 103)

[Oldest Acadian community still inhabited by Acadians; founded 1653]

Centograph [Commemorates 200th anniversary of Acadian deportation]

West Pubnico

• Musée des Acadiens des Pubnicos & Centre de Recherche Père Clarence d'Entremon (898 Route 335, West Pubnico, opposite the fire hall) [Acadian heritage & artifacts]
• d'Entremont Millstone Monument (898 Route 335, West Pubnico, at Musée des Acadiens) [Millstone used by Acadians]
• Acadian Garden (898 Route 335, West Pubnico, behind Musée des Acadiens)[Garden of historic native plants used by Acadians of area]
• Marker for 350th Anniversary Tribute to Acadian Women (Route 335 [Lighthouse Road] at Argyle Sound Road [Martell Lane], West Pubnico) [Next to this marker are the World Wars Memorial, 300th Anniversary of the Founding of Pubnico Memorial, Lost to the Waters Memorial & 200th Anniversary of the Commemoration of the 'Grand Deportation']
• Eglise Saint-Pierre Catholic Church & Cemetery (1152 Route 335, West Pubnico) [3rd structure; 1st church built here in 1816]
• Le Village Historique Acadien (Route 335 for 10 km to School Street and then right on Old Church Road; 91 Old Church Road, Lower West Pubnico) [Historic Acadian Village; Old Acadian homes]
• Old Acadian Cemetery (91 Old Church Road across from Le Village Historique Acadien) [Burial site of first Acadians returning to Nova Scotia after deportations; Monument has steeple from the 2nd church]
• Church of Immaculate Conception & Acadian Cemetery (752 Highway 3, Middle East Pubnico) [Acadian graves]
• La Lighthouse de Pombcoup (363 Route 335; West Pubnico) [Acadian lobster plugs sold here]

Shag Harbour (On Route 3)

Chapel Hill Museum and Observation Tower (5492 Route 3) [Site where Charles La Tour did business in 'vieux logis' with Mi'kmaq; It was temporary home of first settlers; Museum has local history]

Villagedale (Route 309)

Sand Hills Beach Provincial Park (28 Sandhills Beach Road, Barrington; Off Route 309) [Evidence of fort dating to 17th century found within Park - possibly Fort Saint Louis of Charles de La Tour in 1630's; D'Aulnay burnt fort to ground in 1642; Apple tree here dates from 1600's]

Barrington Head (Highway 3)

• Cape Sable Settlers Plaque (North side of Highway 3 across from Old Court House)
• Old Meeting House & Plaque (2408 Highway 3; North side of Highway 3 about 150 km from Barrington River Bridge) [ Built in 1765 and still is the same]
• Cape Sable Historical Society Centre (2402 Route 3) [Displays on local history]

Port La Tour (Route 309)

Fort Saint Louis National Historic Site Cairn (3281 Port Latour Road, Baccaro; Off Route 309 at Port La Tour) [Fort here may have been Fort de Lomeron or Fort La Tour; Plaque on cairn recognizes Fort Saint Louis built by Charles La Tour in 1630. Most don't believe this is site of Fort Saint Louis. Fort actually here may have been Fort de Lomeron or Fort LaTour. La Tour lived here and did business here and later built Fort Saint Louis at Sand Hills.]

East Port L'Hébert (Off Highway 103)

Bowater's Port L'Hébert Pocket Wilderness Park (11183 Highway 103) [Port L'Hébert named at Louis Hébert; These shores were summer camp sites of Mi'kmaq for fishing and shellfishing.]

Summerville (Route 3)

Port Mouton and Summerville Beach Provincial Park (7499 Lighthouse Route [Route 3]) [Champlain's 3rd anchoring site in May 1604 while awaiting arrival of 2nd ship of his expedition; Camped for several weeks]

Liverpool (Route 3)

• Queens County Museum (109 Main Street) [Resources relating to French heritage]
• Fort Point Lighthouse Park (21 Fort Lane; End of Main Street) [Cairn commemorating arrival of de Monts and Champlain in May 1604; Also called Port au Rossynol; Here Champlain seized Rossynol's vessel that was carrying on an illegal fur trade.]
• Old Burial Ground (Main Street at Old Bridge Street)

LaHave (Route 331)

• Fort Ste. Marie de Grâce National Historic Site & Fort Point Museum (100 Fort Point Road off Route 331) [Site of 1632 Acadian settlement by Razilly; Capital of Acadia from 1632-1636; Actual fort now lies beneath sea; Cairn present; Cemetery, Museum on French heritage with artifacts; Old Apple Tree]
• Nicolas Denys Lumber Pit (On east side LaHave River [opposite side from Lunenburg])

Petite Rivière (Route 331)

Rissers Beach Provincial Park on Green Bay (5366 Route 331, Crescent Beach) [Champlain first anchored here on 8 May 1604; Interpretative panels; Now called Green Bay]

Crescent Beach

LaHave Islands Marine Museum (100 Crescent Beach Road [LaHave Islands Road] off Route 331) [Housed in former Methodist Church; Museum has artifacts and documents on life on island of fishermen and families]

Riverport (Highway 332)

Ritcey Monument (South side of Highway 332 about 0.9 km east of Riverport harbour bridge) [Commemorates first settler of community]

Maitland Bridge

Kejimkujik National Park & National Historic Site (3005 Kejimkujik Main Parkway, Caledonia, Off Route 8) [Petroglyph showing meeting of Mi'kmaq and Europeans at Fairy Bay on Kejimkujik Lake]

Bridgewater (Route 331)

DesBrisay Museum and Exhibit (130 Jubilee Road) [History of Lunenburg County from early 17th century]

Lunenburg (Route 332)

• Merligueche & Old French Cemetery (Intersection of Linden Avenue and Lower Street) [Interpretative panel at cemetery; mentions Guédry's]
• Anniversary Park (just above cemetery near Fire Station) [Interpretative panels on history of Lunenburg; two panels on Guédry family]
• Paul Guedry farm (Brook Street at Archibald Street or Victoria Street) [Paul Guédry homesite]
• Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church - Antoine-Marie Bell (65 Fox Street) [Bell originally hung in Convent Chapel at Fortress Louisbourg where it may have tolled for Guédry family funerals]
• Montbeliard Monument (Blockhouse Hill Road near Townsend Street) [Dedicated to Foreign Protestants who founded Lunenburg]
• Lunenburg Harbour (146 Bluenose Drive) [Jean-Baptiste Guédry captured English boat in Lunenburg Bay]
• Mahone Bay [Jean-Baptiste Guédry lived here]
• Acadian/Mi'kmaq Portage de Mirligueche along LaHave River before ferry (Highway 332 toward Riverport and LaHave Ferry; after sign for Bayport watch for Indian Path Road on right. There are some white bungalows just beyond it and also a low bridge.)
• Old French Cellars Unearthed in Town of Lunenburg in late 1800s. Corner near King's Hotel; part of old fireplace, leaden weight of one pound & one ounce, staves of a cask and piece of oak timber found several feet beneath surface. (King's Hotel was on corner of Pelham Street & Duke Street in 1888. Face uphill and it is on right at corner.)
• "Acadian House" (57 York Street) - Purported to be a 1700s Acadian house on interior with remodeling by Germans
• Nicolas Denys Lumbering Pit (West side of Merligueche Bay & Eastern side of LaHave River in a cove) [Mason's Point] - Denys had planks made here [Ritcey Cove - Denys establishment]
• Blockhouse & 1848 Cannon (GPS 44o 22' 44" N, 64o 18' 16" W; On Blockhouse Hill, Saw Pit Wharf Road near Bypass Road)
• Second Peninsula [Mius family lived at far end of peninsula]
• Brick Pile (Cemetery) on Second Peninsula
• Lime Kiln at Martin's Cove

Hubbards (Route 3)

Visitor Services and Interpretative Centre (off Route 3) [Champlain mapped St. Margaret's Bay in 1604; Interpretative panel]

Peggy's Cove (Route 333)

• Peggy's Cove Lighthouse (At end of Peggys Point Road off Route 333) [Champlain mapped St. Margaret's Bay in 1604]
• William E. deGarthe Memorial Monument (131 Peggys Point Road off Route 333)
• deGarthe Gallery & Visitor Centre (109 Peggys Point Road off Route 333) [William deGarthe spent many years as an artist and sculptor at Peggy's Cove]

Halifax

• George's Island (Ferry departs from dock at 1751 Lower Water Street) [Acadian prison where Guédry's held in December 1755]
• Old Burying Ground (1541 Barrington Street near Spring Garden Road) [Used from 1749-1843]
• Sir William Alexander Monument (Near South Park Street at University Avenue)
• Captain James Cook Monument (At Fort Needham Park at north end of Gottingen St.)
• Museum of Natural History (1747 Summer Street) [Has Acadian exhibit]
• Halifax Citadel National Historic Site (5425 Sackville Street near Brunswick Street) - Constructed 1828-1856
• York Redoubt National Historic Site (300 Fergusons Cove Road then take Ta28 Road to end) - 200 years old, overlooks Halifax Harbor
• Bluenose II (1675 Lower Water Street at Maritime Museum)
• Maritime Museum of the Atlantic (1675 Lower Water Street)
• Nova Scotia Centre for Craft & Design (1096 Marginal Road, Suite 190) [May have Acadian Root Basket]
• Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History (1747 Summer Street) [Has exhibits on Acadians]
• Nova Scotia Archives (Robie Street & University Avenue; 6016 University Ave.) [Acadian records]
• Dalhousie University Archives (Killam Memorial Library; 6225 University Avenue near Lemarchant Street) [William Morse Collection on Acadia & Canadian Historical Map Collection]

Dartmouth

• George's Island (88 Alderney Drive; Waterfront park at ferry terminal) [View Georges Island which was an Acadian prison]
• John W. Doull Bookstore (122 Main Street) [Highway 7] [Excellent 2nd hand bookstore with a large Acadian selection]

West Chezzetcook (Highway 207)

[Acadian area]

• Acadian House Museum (79 Hill Road, West Chezzetcook) [Petitpas family settled Chezzetcook in 1760's]
• Saint Anselm's Catholic Church (7045 NS-207, West Chezzetcook) [Many Petitpas & Pettipas buried here]
• Saint Genevieve Catholic Church & Cemetery (723 East Chezzetcook Road, East Chezzetcook) [Many Pettipas buried in cemetery]

Larry's River (Highway 316)

[Petitpas community] [During 1797-1805 several Acadian families from Chezzetcook migrated here]

• Saint Peter's/Pierre Catholic Church & Cemetery (6253 Marine Drive [Route 316]) [Many Petitpas and Pettipas buried here]
• Ancestor Park (Marine Drive [Route 316] at Ballfield Loop in town center) [Contains at least 13 historical markers on Acadians and town founding]
• Acadian Museum

Charlos Cove (Highway 316)

• Captain Savalette Plaque (North side of Highway 316 about 3.1 km east from Charlos Cove)
• Settlement of Charlos Cove Plaque 1763 (On large rock in Charlos Cove) [Acadian town]

Canso Harbour (Highway 16)

[Founded 1605]

• Grassy Island National Historic Site (1465 Union Street; Grassy Island at Canso Harbour on Highway 16) [Commemorate battle fought in 1744 by French at Louisbourg; Interpretative centre at waterfront; 10-minute boat ride to Grassy Island]
• Whitman house Museum (1297 Union Street) [Local history and artists' work]
• Pettipas Island (View from Union Street south of Canso)

Guysborough (Highway 16)

Old Court House (106 Church Street) [Museum with Acadian heritage display

Pomquet (Southside Harbour Road off Highway 104)

Settled by Acadians in 1761

Tracadie (Highway 4)

• Pettipas House (9707 Highway 4) [Site of house overlooks Tracadie Harbour; Has 100-year association with Pettipas family - Michael to Benjamin to Benjamin Jr. Also called Willow Inn and Skokleigh Tourist Home
• Petitpas Island (Visible from Myette Road off Route 4 just east of Tracadie)

Tatamagouche (Highway 6)

• Sunrise Trail Museum (39 Creamery Road; Main Street) [Mi'kmaq and Acadian history]
• Northumberland Arts Council Fraser Cultural Centre (362 Main Street) [Local art gallery]

Wallace (Route 6)

• Settled by Acadians before deportation
• Wallace and Area Museum (13440 Highway 6) [Local history; Native baskets]
• Remnants of Mi'kmaq habitation and Acadian dykes visible

Louisdale (Highway 104)

Bakery and restaurants have Acadian cuisine

Arichat {Ile Madame} (Highway 206)

• Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church [Large wooden church built by Acadians in 1837]
• LeNoir Forge Museum (Lower Street) [Restored French stone blacksmith shop of 1700's]
• Isle Madam Historical Society (2543 Highway 206) [History & genealogy]

Petit-de-Gras & Little Anse {Ile Madame} (off Highway 206)

• Acadian villages (Petit-de-Gras is oldest fishing village in area)
• Acadian Culture Center - La Picasse

D'Escousse {Ile Madame} (Highway 320)

Ile à Descoust (Island just off coast at harbor) [Pierre Guédry & Haniez Friel lived here from August 1751 - February 1752]

St. Peter's {Port Toulouse} (Highway 104)

• Battery Provincial Park [Remnant of Port Toulouse and Fort Dorchester]
• Nicolas Denys Museum (46 Denys Street) [History of area and Nicolas Denys]
• Chapel Island First Nations Reserve (Just outside St. Peter's)

L'Ardoise (Highway Highway 247)

Small Acadian community

Mira River / Mira

Mira River Provincial Park (Route 22) [Julien Bourneuf & Jean Guédry and her brother Joseph Guédry lived at Rivière de Mire from 1749 - 1752]

Louisbourg (Route 22)

• Fortress Louisbourg [Jeanne Guédry and some of her children buried in cemetery of 1744- 1745 & 1749-1758)
• * Convent Chapel (Marie Antoine Bell from Lunenburg was here)
• * Death of Jeanne Guédry, dau. of Augustin Guédry - 15 Oct 1755
• * Death of Francoise Bourneuf, dau. of Jeanne Guédry - 28 Sep 1755
• * Death of Marie Bourneuf, dau. of Jeanne Guédry - 16 Oct 1755
• * Death of Julien Bourneuf (NOT husband of Jeanne Guédry) - 7 August 1749
• * Marriage of Jeanne Guédry and Julien Bourneuf - 14 Jan 1751
• * Marriage of Ursule Guédry & Paul Boutin - 9 Nov 1750
• * Baptism of Francois Bourneuf, their son - 26 Jul 1752
• * Baptism of Francoise Bourneuf, their daughter - 30 Jun 1754
• * Baptism of Francois Bourneuf, their son - 30 Jun 1754
• * Baptism of Marie Bourneuf, their daughter - 12 Oct 1755
• * Baptism of Anne Joseph Guédry, dau. of Pierre Guédry & Agnes Triel - 28 Jul 1756
• * Baptism of Charles Cousin, so of Jean Cousin & Judith Guédry - 26 Jun 1757

Sydney (Highway 22)

• Cape Breton Centre for Heritage and Science (225 George Street)
• St. Patrick's Catholic Church Museum (87 Esplanade)
• Whitney Pier Historical Society Museum (88 Mt. Pleaseant St.)

North Sydney (Highway 125)

(Originally called Baie des Espagnols; Several members of Guédry family lived here 1750-1752)

• North Sydney Historical Society (Commercial Street)
• Acadian community in 1752 & today
• Judith Guédry & Jean Cousin (1750 - Jul 1752)
• Marie Guédry & Germain LeJeune (Jan 1751 - Jul 1752)
• Paul Guédry & Anne Mius (Aug 1750 - Jul 1752)
• Joseph Guédry & Josette Benoit (Jul 1750 - Jul 1752)
• Ursule Guédry & Paul Boutin and her brother Pierre Guédry (1752)
• Marie-Josephe Guédry & Charles Boutin and her sister Helene Guédry (1752)
• Francoise Guédry & Jean LeJeune (Jan 1751 - Jul 1752)

Grand Narrows {Pointe à la Jeunesse} (Highway 223)

• Acadian settlement in 1752
• Charles Guédry & Madeleine Hébert (1752)
• Marie Josephe Guédry & Benjamin Mius (1752)

St. Joseph du Moine (Highway 19)

Acadie Masque (12615 Cabot Trail) [Masks from Acadian tradition of 'La Micarême')

Chéticamp (Highway 19)

• Acadian community today
• Les Trois Pignons (15584 Main Street) [Acadian cultural & genealogical center; artifacts & hooked rugs]
• Acadian Museum (744 Main Street near St. Peter's Church) [History of early Acadian settlers]
• La Pirogue (15359 Cabot Trail Road) [History of French culture; fishing]
• Chéticamp War Memorial (Cheticamp) [Acadian names]
• Saint-Pierre Catholic Church (15119 Cabot Trail Road)
• Old (First) Cemetery at Chéticamp (Chéticamp Back Road near Redman Road)
• Cimetière St. Pierre de Chéticamp (Chéticamp Back Road near Redman Road) [Trail connects these two cemeteries]

Cape North (Off Highway 19)

North Highlands Community Museum [Way of life of early settlers of area, church histories]

Glenville (Route 19)

Glenora Inn & Distillery and Economuseum (Route 19) [Produce Glen Breton Rare Scotch]

Englishtown (Off Highway 105)

Port Dauphin Naval Base Military Memorial (North side of highway)

Wagmatcook (Highway 105)

Wagmatcook Culture & Heritage Centre [Mi'kmaq history and culture]