In (A touristy history book) Dianne Marshall's George's Island, The Keep of Halifax Harbor pg 104-105 More that 600 Acadians, led by Joseph dit Beausoleil Broussard, left Halifax in two groups - the first in December 1764, and the second in early spring 1765. The endnote cites Encyclopaedia of Acadian Culture but it is not further identified in the bibliography. Has anyone run into this book before? Could the second group be OUR Beausejour & Ft. Edwards prisioners?? The incomplete 1763-1764 George's Island Acadian prisioners looks like less that 300 people. I will count them later. pg 102-104 Joseph, his son & nephew seperated from rest of group & sent to Ft. Edwards July 1762 until spring of 1763. They were not allowed to work on the dikes like the other Acadians. Could the be the reason why I believe they didn't have any "card money" to exchange in New Orleans? If they worked for the new English settlers, would they have been forced to change English money for outdated French money? one other endnote is A Council Holden at Halifax July 26, 1762 is for 130 Acadians workers sent from Kings county to Halifax. These are in Colonial office papers 1752-1778. How far is Kings county from Beausejour & Ft. Edwards? Paul Le B

Hi Paul, On today's maps, Fort Beausejour is located in Aulac, New Brunswick on the New Brunswick/Nova Scotia border whereas Halifax is on the Atlantic Ocean which is quite a distance from one to the other by car. At least a few hours drive. Fort Edward is in Windsor, Hants County, NS - Windsor was known to the Acadians as Pisiguid/Pisiguit. In Kings County is Kentville and Wolfville - near down the road from the highway that goes through Woflville is Grand-Pre. I estimate Grand-Pre is about an hour from Halifax by car. Fort Beausejour/(Cumberland under the British) is located in Cumberland County. Of course in 1755 New Brunswick was then part of Nova Scotia but this gives you an idea of the distances involved. Hopefully the following will help - These are all of the cities/towns in the various counties of Nova Scotia as well as what they once were: Principal Towns/Townships/Communities in each county: * Annapolis County Annapolis Royal* Bridgetown Granville Wilmont Middleton * Antigonish County Antigonish* * Cape Breton County Glace Bay Dominion Louisbourg New Waterford North Sydney Sydney* Sydney Mines * Colchester County Economy Londonderry Onslow Stewiacke Tatamagouche Truro* * Cumberland County Amherst* Fort Lawrence Joggins Maccan Nappan Oxford Parrsborro Pugwash River Hebert River Philip Southampton Springhill Wallace (Remsheg) Wentworth Westchester * Digby County Bear River Clare Digby* Weymouth * Guysborough County Canso Guysborough* Manchester Mulgrave Sherbrooke St. Marys Stormont * Halifax County Bedford Dartmouth Halifax* Lawrencetown Musquobodoboit Preston Sackville Sambro * Hants County Douglas Falmouth Hantsport Newport Rawdon Windsor* * Inverness County Inverness* Port Hawkesbury Port Hood * Kings County Aylesford Berwick Cornwallis Horton Kentville* Wolfville * Lunenburg County Bridgewater Chester Lunenburg* Mahone Bay * Pictou County New Glasgow Pictou* Stellerton Trenton Westville * Queens County Caledonia Liverpool* * Richmond County Arichat* St. Peters * Shelburne County Barrington Clark's Harbour Lockeport Shelburne* * Victoria County Baddeck* Cheticamp Ingonish * Yarmouth County Argyle Wedgeport Yarmouth* * County Seat County Formed Part of/Comments Annapolis 1759 Formerly part of Halifax Co. Antigonish 1784 Formerly part of Halifax Co. ** Cape Breton 1784 A separate colony from 1784 to 1820; A county since 1820. Colchester 1835 Formerly a district of Halifax Co. Cumberland 1759 Formerly part of Halifax Co. ** Digby 1837 Formerly part of Annapolis Co. Guysborough 1836 Formerly part of Halifax Co. ** Hants 1781 Formerly part of Kings Co. Inverness 1835 Formerly part of Cape Breton Co. Kings 1759 Formerly part of Halifax Co. Lunenburg 1759 Formerly part of Halifax Co. Pictou 1835 Formerly a district of Halifax Co. Queens 1762 Formerly a part of Lunenburg Co. Richmond 1835 Formerly a part of Cape Breton Co. Shelburne 1784 Formerly a part of Queens Co. Victoria 1851 Formerly a part of Cape Breton Co. Yarmouth 1836 Formerly part of Shelburne Co. Lucie LeBlanc Consentino Acadian Ancestral Home at www.acadian-home.org American-Canadian Genealogical Society Drouin Primary Records at www.acgs.org Centre for Acadian Studies - Moncton University www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/cea.html -----Original Message----- From: Paul L Le Blanc [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 11:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] 400 more Acadians from Halifax to Islands to Louiisiana early spring 1765 In (A touristy history book) Dianne Marshall's George's Island, The Keep of Halifax Harbor pg 104-105 More that 600 Acadians, led by Joseph dit Beausoleil Broussard, left Halifax in two groups - the first in December 1764, and the second in early spring 1765. The endnote cites Encyclopaedia of Acadian Culture but it is not further identified in the bibliography. Has anyone run into this book before? Could the second group be OUR Beausejour & Ft. Edwards prisioners?? The incomplete 1763-1764 George's Island Acadian prisioners looks like less that 300 people. I will count them later. pg 102-104 Joseph, his son & nephew seperated from rest of group & sent to Ft. Edwards July 1762 until spring of 1763. They were not allowed to work on the dikes like the other Acadians. Could the be the reason why I believe they didn't have any "card money" to exchange in New Orleans? If they worked for the new English settlers, would they have been forced to change English money for outdated French money? one other endnote is A Council Holden at Halifax July 26, 1762 is for 130 Acadians workers sent from Kings county to Halifax. These are in Colonial office papers 1752-1778. How far is Kings county from Beausejour & Ft. Edwards? Paul Le B ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== The number one rule of this list is no flaming. If something is posted to the list that disturbs you, bring it to the _admin._, not the list or the person who posted. 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