Acadia
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Acadia was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. Settlers primarily cam
Siege of Saint John (1645) – d'Aulnay defeats La Tour in Acadia
Acadia in 1757
Duc d'Anville Expedition: Action between HMS Nottingham and the Mars
Acadians at Annapolis Royal, by Samuel Scott, 1751; earliest known image of Acadians
Jean-Louis Le Loutre
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Abbé Jean-Louis Le Loutre was a Catholic priest and missionary for the Paris Foreign Missions Society. Le Loutre became the leader of the French forces and the Acadian and Mi'kmaq militias during King
Vicar general Le Loutre
Plaque at Father Le Loutre's Mission, Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
Le Loutre retrieved this bell from the Beaubassin church during the Battle at Chignecto (1750); he retrieved the bell again from the Beausejour Cathedral during the Battle of Fort Beauséjour.
Fort Beausejour and Cathedral (c. 1755)