Acadian Links

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Acadia's 400th Anniversary

• St-Croix: 1604-2004.

History & Culture

• 1755.ca
• Acadian Odyssey.
• L'Acadie de l'Île en images et en mots (Prince Edward Island).
• L'Acadie des Maritimes : études thématiques des débuts à nos jours. Jean Daigle.
• L'Acadie des comtés Queens et Kings de l'Île du Prince Edouard.
• Atlas historique acadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse
• Carencro High School Cultures of Acadiana; links to lots of info about Acadian/Cajun history.
• Catholic Encyclopedia: ACADIA. An old (1913) but still decent introduction to the history of Acadia.
• Centre d'études acadiennes, University of Moncton.
• Digital Archives of the Argyle District Acadians.
• Les Fêtes traditionnelles chez les Acadiens de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard.
• Il était une fois l'Acadie .
• La Mi-Carême: a Mid-Lenten Celebration on Cape Breton Island
• Les Religieuses de Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur - Une histoire de l'Acadie
• Sainte-Croix Island: 400 Years of History
• Saint-Jacques, une nouvelle Acadie

Archaeology

• Saint Mary’s Students Dig-Up the Past at Grand-Pré National Historic Site (July 2004)

Genealogy

• 1909 Census of St. Anselme Parish.
• Acadian and French Canadian Ancestral Home.  Lucie LeBlanc Consentino.
• Acadian Genealogy Page. Yvon Cyr.
• Acadian Genealogy Exchange. Janet B. Jehn.
• Colonial Diseases.  My great-grandmother Domithilde LeBlanc died of phthisis.  I had no idea what that was until I found this web page sponsored by the Mayflower Society (it's another name for tuberculosis).
• Footprints of the Exiled. .
• Gregor's Gathering (emphasis on the Melansons).
• LeBlanc Family Website, by Leslie Braddock.
• The Melanson Story, by Margaret C. Melanson (I'm descended from both Charles and Pierre Melanson).
• Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia. Stephen A. White.
  • Amerindian marriages according to the Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes.
  • Contrast these with the claims of Corporation Métisse du Québec (complete list of articles).

Acadia in Prose and Poems

• Acadia and Evangeline: Historical Perspectives. Dr. Jay White, Western Washington University.
• Evangeline, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The full text of the epic poem of separated Acadian lovers.  
• Evangeline. 1929 silent classic available from Milestone films. Excellent restoration.
• Articles by Rosella Melanson.
  • On reading La Sagouine in English: "What is lost in a good translation is precisely the best".
• Books by Clive Doucet.

Places to see 

Maritimes

• New Brunswick
  • Beaubears Island.  Acadian Refugee settlement 1756-1759.
  • Fort Beauséjour. Ruins of the French fort in New Brunswick. 
  • Monument Lefebvre. Acadian memorial in Memramcook, NB, built in 1896.
  • Musée acadien de l'Université de Moncton.
  • La Pays de la Sagouine.
• Nova Scotia
  • Chéticamp.
  • Cumberland County. Links in the Beaubassin area.
  • Fort Anne. Replaced Champlain's earlier Habitation as the fortification at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal.
  • Fort Edward. In Windsor, NS; oversaw Pisiquid deportations.
  • Fortress of Louisbourg. Cape Breton Island.
  • Grand-Pré (and here)  Site commemorates the deportation of 1755.
  • Louisbourg Institute/L' Institut de Louisbourg. The Official Research Site for the Fortress of Louisbourg.  Website includes not only information about the reconstructed fortress, but also genealogy and other information.
  • Melanson Settlement National Historic Site.
  • Port-Royal. Reconstruction of Champlain's 1605 Habitation. .
• Prince Edward Island
  • Acadian Museum of Prince Edward Island (article).

New England

• Acadian Village, Van Buren, ME.
• Acadia National Park, the heart of which is Mount Desert Island, or Isle des Monts Desert, as it was named by Champlain in 1604.

Louisiana

• Acadian Cultural Center.  Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve visitors center in Lafayette, LA.  Overview of Acadian history and culture, with a must-see 40-minute film, The Cajun Way: Echoes of Acadia, which is shown hourly. Located next to Vermilionville. See also the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center in Eunice and the Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center in Thibodaux.
• Acadian Memorial, St. Martinville, Louisiana.
• Acadian Village, Lafayette, LA. Consists of a number of old Acadian homes with exhibits (some in pretty shabby shape, but worth seeing).
• Vermilionville.  Lafayette, LA.  Living history museum depicting Acadian life.

News, Internet portals, and on-line Radio

• Acadie.net.
• Acadiemania.com
• AcadieUrbaine.net
• Atlantic Canada On-line Search Engine.
• CapAcadie.com. Toute l'Acadie en un seul clic!
• C'est La Vie.  CBC news of French-speaking Canada.
• Cyberacadie.com. L'Acadie au bout des doigts.
• Radio Beauséjour, Shédiac, NB. CJSE 89.5 FM.
• Radio Clare. Saulnierville, NS. CIFA 104.1 FM. My favorite Acadian station--it plays a nice mix of traditional and contemporary Acadian music, Cajun and Country.

Cooking

Maritimes

• Acadian recipes
• La Cuisine acadienne
• La Cuisine acadienne, by Marielle Cormier-Boudreau.
• Pâté à la râpure (aka Rappie pie).
  • Video of a group effort.
  • Video of preparation at home..
• Popular Acadian recipes (scroll down)

Louisiana

• Cajuns didn't always cook with hot sauce
• Great Cajun Cooking.

Music

Maritimes

• Barachois
• Distribution Plages Ltée, represents many Acadian groups.
• Edith Butler
• Grand Dérangement
• Région Évangéline, Î.P.E, Acadian Music

New England

• Donna Hébert.
• Lucie Therrien.
• Mademoiselle, Voulez-vous Danser? Franco-American Music from the New England Borderlands. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Lyrics.

Louisiana

• BeauSoleil
• Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
• Waylon Thibodeaux
• Zachary Richard
• Cajun Music MP3: Hadacol it Something!

Films

• The Acadian Club
• Cajuns in film
• Evangeline (1929).
• Evangeline: A True Love Story.
• La lien Acadien.
• Reveil - Waking Up French: The Repression and Renaissance of the French in New England.

Organizations

Maritimes

• Société Nationale de l'Acadie.

New England

• Acadian Cultural Society (Fitchburg, MA).

Louisiana

• Action cadienne/Cajun Action. 

Lagniappe

• An Acadian Christmas in Earlier Times.