Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia
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Grand-Pré is a rural community in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Its French name translates to "Great/Large Meadow" and the community lies at the eastern edge of the Annapolis Valley several kilom
Grand-Pré National Historic Site
Father Le Loutre
Acadian Memorial Cross, Grand-Pré
Unveiling of Evangeline (1920) by famed Quebec sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert, completed posthumously by his son Henry
Robert Borden
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Sir Robert Laird Borden was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. He is best known for his leadership of Canada during World War I.
Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia
…shop owners congregated at nearby Wolfville to the west, leaving Grand-Pré to continue as a farming community. One of the Planter descendants was Sir Robert Borden, the eighth Prime Minister of Canada, who was born in Grand-Pré in 1854. Grand-Pré continued as a rich and productive but small farming community. The…
Borden in 1910
Borden, 1901
Robert and Mrs. Borden in 1912, before he was knighted
Borden opening a Victory Bond campaign in Toronto, 1915