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Acadian House

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Colonial home, built in 1670, became the residence for Acadians, the descendants of the seventeenth-century French colonists who settled in Acadia, following the Great Expulsion of 1755-1763.

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Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 13 x 11 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Albertype Company photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950
Call Number (A6)01041

Copyright Information

Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W011EGW
Legacy ID
WHi 71156

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