“Sais tu, Acadie, j'ai le mal du pays” - Great Sites: Grand Pré

This fortnight, just like the September weather, a Canadian cold front is movin' in as we sit down to talk with Dr. Jonathan Fowler (St. Mary’s University) to talk about le Grand dérangement, and how historical archaeology is exploring Acadian deportation stories at Grand-Pré National Historic Site and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jonathan tells us about terrestrial geophysics, the irony in the source material for Longfellow's Evangeline, landscape archaeology, and uncovering a perspective on the past from the diaries of British officers and soldiers present at the time. The keen listener will also hear a little something new in the intro/outro compliments of Emanuel…

Show Notes:

• Fowler, Jonathan, and Earle Lockerby, eds. 2013. Diaries of the Acadian Deportations: Jeremiah Bancroft at Fort Beauséjour &am ...