Minas Basin
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The Minas Basin is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy and a sub-basin of the Fundy Basin located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is known for its extremely high tides.
Looking east across the Southern Bight of Minas Basin from The Lookoff
The Minas Basin in early May
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
Minas Basin
…particularly significant impact on the area in that they reclaimed considerable farmland through the use of dykes and aboiteaux. They founded in the area Grand-Pré, Les Mines, Pisiguit, Cobequid, Rivière-aux-Canards, and Beaubassin. Even today their dyke systems—greatly expanded by later additions—are still used…
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