Still thinking about what I learned about the fate of the Acadians after my visit to the Grand Pr National Historic Site, I got into the car and started driving westwards through the fertile Annapolis Valley, an area referred to as the Breadbasket of Nova Scotia. The gentle North and South Mountain Ranges enclose this agricultural land of orchards and vineyards. The Bay of Fundy is located just on the other side of the northern range. A pleasant drive took me along the Evangeline Trail that runs on the northern shoreline of South West Nova Scotia.
My destination was Annapolis Royal, a town with more than 400 years of history, located at the mouth of the Annapolis River. Annapolis Royal, founded in 1605, originally was called Port-Royal by the Acadian settlers, but after the territory changed hands to the British in 1713 it was renamed in honour of Englands Queen Anne. The word polis, Greek for town, was added to the Queen’s name, and the original French word Royal was retained. A sign of turbulent times, ownership of this area went back and forth seven times between the English and the French. The town was settled two years before Jamestown, Virginia, three years...
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