TOUR OF LOCAL ACADIAN SETTLEMENT

Janet Pope gave a tour of the remains of an Acadian settlement on her property to interested area residents
on October 22. Her enthusiasm and passion for the remains were contagious.
Here she is outlining our trek and describing what we would see.

This may be the site of  Mi'kmaq summer camps prior to the Acadians arrival. 

The Acadian cellar. The proximity of the site to the fresh water stream, the marsh, the oak trees,
blue irises, and the flowering Bouncing Bett, and the stone walls indicating a cellar lead to that conclusion. 

Details of the stone cellar.

The Bouncing Bett flower was used to make laundry soap.

A short distance from the cellar is a small irregular elevated area which may have been used as a cemetery by the Mi'kmaq. This may have been a grave marker. 

Details of the  elevated tongue of land may have been the cemetery. 

This is one of several depressions in the earth which may have been a grave.

Some of the trekers. 

Group photo. Some returned the way they came. Others returned by another route.

Janet's favourite tree - complete with swing.

Beside the current house is the area believed to have been the site of Colonel Denson's house.

Another way of getting up the hill.

Following the trek, Janet hosted us to refreshments and a  tour of the art gallery.  

DID YOU GO? WHAT DID YOU THINK? PLEASE COMMENT.