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Leahey, Stephen Gerard.
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Chignecto (N.S.) -- History.
Chignecto Isthmus (N.B. and N.S.)
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Leahey, Stephen Gerard.
Chignecto (N.S.) -- History.
Chignecto Isthmus (N.B. and N.S.)
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Chignecto and Remsheg prior to 1755 (Mi'kmaq, Acadians, French) / Stephen G. Leahey.
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Leahey, Stephen Gerard.
Cumberland Museum Society, [2021]
Call #:
971
.611
L434c
Subjects
Chignecto (N.S.) -- History.
Chignecto Isthmus (N.B. and N.S.)
ISBN:
9780969287827 (pbk.)
Description:
vii, 311 p. : col. ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The story recorded here begins with the Mi'kmaq who populated the province for thousands of years before the coming of the fihshermen from Euope and even those came perhaps a couple of hundred years before the French arrived at Port Royal in 1605. Despite periods of civil war and attacks by New Englanders and the British, the Acadians developed a comprehensive and strong culture centering on their close ties with the Mi'kmaq and their marshland agriculture. With the fall of Port Royal in 1710, the leadership of the French forces moved to the Isthmus of Chignecto. With the exception of Grand Pré, a family of nobles from Trois Rivieres gained control of the main Fundy marsh lands centering on their Beaubassin and Remsheg Seigneuries. On these they raised herds of livestock and bountiful grains and vegetables, which were then shipped through their ports on the Red Sea into French markets, among which one of the most important was the Fortress at Louisburg. The wealth generated by a ready market for the mashland products created a prosperity for the Acadians in what became known as their "Golden Age". In the last decade preceding the fall of their fort at Beauséjour, the French used their Chignecto position to organize military and guerrilla attacks to harass and drive the British out of Acadia." --Back cover.
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Cumberland County Museum & Archives.
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