Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada is
located at the former Acadian village of Grand-Pré, beside the upper Bay
of Fundy, north of Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The site consists of a
memorial park created to commemorate the deportation of the Acadians,
who settled in the area between 1682 and 1755. The designation includes
commemorative buildings, archaeological remains, landscape features and
a collection of objects which reflect the presence of Acadians at the
site.
Discover powerful Acadian stories within a
picturesque landscape. Successes and struggles are illuminated through
multimedia presentation and engaging displays, a splendid Victorian
garden and a Memorial Church. The site is a monument to Acadian culture
and deportation.
Le lieu historique national du Canada de Grand-Pré
est situé dans l’ancien village acadien de Grand-Pré, près du fond de la
baie de Fundy, au nord de Wolfville, en Nouvelle-Écosse. Le lieu
comprend un parc commémoratif créé pour rappeler la déportation des
Acadiens qui s’y étaient établis entre 1682 et 1755. La désignation
comprend des bâtiments commémoratifs, des vestiges archéologiques, des
éléments paysagers ainsi qu’une collection d’objets témoignant de la
présence des Acadiens sur place.
Découvrez de grandes histoires acadiennes dans un
paysage pittoresque. Les succès et les luttes sont éclairés par des
présentations multimédias et des expositions captivantes, un splendide
jardin victorien et une église souvenir. Le site est un monument à la
culture acadienne et à la déportation.
Source: Parks Canada Website (2022)
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Established: 1982
For More Information Please Visit The OFFICIAL PARKS CANADA WEBSITE
Pour plus d’informations veuillez visiter LE SITE WEB OFFICIEL DE PARCS CANADA
Nova Scotia Nouvelle-Écosse
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Brochures
The contents of brochures can be
viewed by clicking on the cover. These items are historical in
scope and are intended for educational purposes only; they are
not meant as an aid for travel planning.
Historique du parc de Grand-Pré 1958
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Historique du parc de Grand-Pré 1962
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Grand Pré National Historic Park 1964
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Grand Pré National Historic Park 1968
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Historique du parc de Grand-Pré 1969
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Grand Pré National Historic Park 1970
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Grand Pré National Historic Park 1973
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1976
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1983
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1999
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Maps
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2020
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Documents
Management Documents
Management Plan: (2023, 2012, 1985) / Plan directeur: (2023, 2012, 1985) (Parks Canada,)
Public Consultation in the Preparation of a Management Plan for Grand-Pré National Historic Park, January 1984 Newsletter No. 3 / Consultation publique dans la preéparation du'un plan de gestion pour le parc historique national de Grand-Pré, janvier, 1984 Bulletin No. 3 (Parks Canada, March 1984)
State of the Site Report 2009 / Rapport sur l'état du lieu 2009 (Parks Canada, 2010)
Historical Documents
Late Eighteenth-Century Agriculture on the Bay of Fundy Marshlands (Graeme Wynn, excerpt from Acadiensis, Vol. VIII, No. 2, Spring 1979)
Management Plan for the Landscape of Grand Pré (Nomination Grand Pré, January 2011)
Management Plan for the Proposed Grand Pré World Heritage Site Draft 1 (Christophe Rivet, Nomination Grand Pré, September 2009)
Marshland Colonization in Acadia and Poitou during the 17th Century (Gregory Kennedy, excerpt from Acadiensis, Volume XLII, No. 1, Winter/Spring 2013)
"Memorial Constructions": Representations of Identity in the Design of the Grand-Pré National Historic Site, 1907-Present (Michael Gagné, excerpt from Acadiensis, Vol. XLII No. 1, Winter/Spring 2013)
Pests that changed the forests of Fundy National Park Information Report M-X-165 (F.A. Titus, Canadian Forest Service, 1987)
Report on the 1972 Excavation of Two Acadian Houses at Grand Pre National Historic Park, Nova Scotia Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 143 (E. Frank Korvemaker, 1972)
Special Events in the Southwest Nova Scotia National Historic Sites of Canada: Replacement Class Screening Report Extension (Parks Canada, September 2005)
The Landscape of Grand Pré World Heritage Site (Claude DeGrâce, Landscape of Grand Pré Society, September 26, 2013)
The Acadians at Grand Pré Manuscript Report Number/Travail inédit numéro 1 (Margaret Coleman, Parks Canada, 1968)
"The Battle of Grand Pré": The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and the Commemoration of Acadian History (Roger Marsters, excerpt from Acadiensis, Vol. XXXVI, No. 1, Autumn 2006)
The Glengarry Cairn National Historic Site and the Making of Canadian History After WWI (Katie McCullough, NiCHE, June 8, 2021)
World Heritage Nomination Proposal for The Landscape of Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (January 2011)
Books/Livres
The following visual bibliography is just a
sampling of the books which have been published for this park.
ParksCanadaHistory.com does not endorse these, but are merely presenting them for
informational purposes only. As most are copyrighted, we are only able
to provide the covers, and not contents, of these publications.
Grand Pré: A Guide for Tourists John Frederic Herbin 1900
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The Acadians of Minas Brenda Dunn 1985
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Les Acadiens de Minas Brenda Dunn 1985
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cover only
Grand-Pré, Heart of Acadie A.J.B. Johnston 2004
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Grand-Pré, œur de l'Acadie A.J.B. Johnston 2004
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A Travel in Time to Grand Pré Michele Doucette 2009
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A Travel in Time to Grand Pré Michele Doucette 2012
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Un anglais à Grand-Pré René Verville 2013
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Grand Pré: Landscape for the World A.J.B. Johnston and Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc 2015
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