Acadian Memorial Deportation Cross at Horton Landing, Nova Scotia,Canada
Hortonville is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Kings County at the mouth of the Gaspereau River and is part of the Landscape of Grand Pré UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site of Fort Vieux Logis is located by the river at Hortonville, built by the British during Father Le Loutre's War to control the nearby Acadian settlements at Grand Pre. The landing at Hortonville was used in 1755 to deport the majority of Acadians from Grand Pre during the Bay of Fundy Campaign of the Expulsion of the Acadians and is today marked by an Acadian Memorial Cross
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Photo credit: © Cayman / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: acadian, canada, cross, deportation, expulsion, grand, horton, landing, memorial, monument, nova, pre, scotia
