Port-Royal (Acadia)
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Port Royal was a historic settlement based around the upper Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada, and the predecessor of the modern town of Annapolis Royal.
Fort at Port-Royal (1702)
William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
Siege of St. John (1645) – d'Aulnay defeats La Tour in Acadia
Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia is a province in the Maritimes region of Canada, located on the nation's east coast. With an estimated population of over 1 million as of 2026, Nova Scotia is the most populous province in
Port-Royal (Acadia)
…July 28, 1629, Sir William sent a ship, his son William Alexander (the younger), and seventy Scottish settlers who established the first incarnation of "New Scotland" which they named Charles Fort, at present-day Annapolis Royal on the site of the future Fort Anne (see Charles Fort - National Site). During this time…
Mi'kmaq family in Tuft's Cove, 1871. The Mi'kmaq inhabited Nova Scotia when the first Europeans arrived.
Expulsion of the Acadians in Grand-Pré. More than 80 per cent of the Acadian population was expelled from the region between 1755 and 1764.
1788 illustration of a Black woodcutter in Shelburne, Nova Scotia
HMS Shannon leading the captured USS Chesapeake into Halifax during the War of 1812