Join for FREE | Take the Tour Lost Password?
[x]

deviantART

 
©2009 ~dragonfly928
:icondragonfly928:

Artist's Comments

I went to the acadian settlement with some friends today and I took a couple of shots during our visit.

here's an actress who was talking with us while knitting socks. peoples there are so friendly, it's really fun to talk with them.


for thoses who have no idea what's acadia (or acadie like we french peoples call it) well here's some info about it from wikipedia

"Acadia (in the French language Acadie) was the name given to lands in a portion of the French colonial empire in northeastern North America that included parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and modern-day New England, stretching as far south as Philadelphia.
The actual specification by the French government for the territory refers to lands bordering the Atlantic coast, roughly between the 40th and 46th parallels. Later, the territory was divided into the British colonies which became Canadian provinces and American states.

Today, Acadia has been used to refer to regions of Atlantic Canada with French roots, language, and culture, primarily in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, as well as in the American state of Maine. In the abstract, Acadia refers to the existence of a French culture on Canada’s east coast.

The Deportation
In the summer of 1755, the British attacked Fort Beauséjour and burned Acadian homes at the outbreak of the French and Indian War between Britain and France (the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War), accusing Acadians of disloyalty (for not having taken the oath) and guerrilla action. Those who still refused to swear loyalty to the British crown then suffered what is referred to as the Great Upheaval when, over the next three years, some 6,000–7,000 Acadians were expelled from Nova Scotia to France or the lower British American colonies[3] Others fled deeper into Nova Scotia or into French-controlled Canada. The Quebec town of L'Acadie (now a sector of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) was founded by expelled Acadians.[4]
After 1764, many exiled Acadians finally settled in Louisiana, which had been transferred by France to Spain before the end of the French and Indian War. The name Acadian was corrupted to Cajun, which was first used as a pejorative term until its later mainstream acceptance. Britain allowed some Acadians to return to Nova Scotia, but these were forced to settle in small groups and were permitted to reside in their former settlements such as Grand-Pré, Port Royal, and Beaubassin.

so here's a part of our story if you want to learn more about it -> [link] [link]

Comments


love 0 0 joy 0 0 wow 0 0 mad 0 0 sad 0 0 fear 0 0 neutral 0 0
No comments have been added yet.

Details

July 5
1.5 MB
90.7 KB
600×896

Statistics

0
4 [who?]
26 (0 today)
1 (0 today)

Camera Data

NIKON CORPORATION
NIKON D60
10/1250 second
F/5.6
55 mm
200
Jul 5, 2009, 3:40:14 PM

Share

Link
Embed
Thumb

Site Map