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A statue of Evangeline (inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem) is a centerpiece of the Grand-Pré/Parks Canada National Historic Site.
The Grand-Pré National Historic Site has a new control plan.
Reviewed every 10 years, control plans are a requirement of the Canada Parks Agency Act and advise the control of National Historic Sites, National Parks and National Marine Conservation Areas.
The site is located in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, 53 miles northwest of Halifax, in the Mine Basin, a cove in the Bay of Fundy. Their updated plan outlines a long-term vision for the site, as well as the following key strategies:
Key Strategy 1: It hopes to be an attractive, world-class historic site.
Key Strategy 2: Hope to be a remembrance position for the Acadian network and a position for everyone.
Key Strategy 3: Envision Mi’kmaq, partners, and collaborators synergizing a shared vision.
The plan includes objectives and aims to strengthen the connection that Acadians have with the identified site around the world, as well as develop collaboration with local communities and, in particular, create opportunities to connect with Mi’kmaw culture.
The ready plan was based on feedback from:
Acadian teams and key partners such as the Société Promotion Grand-Pré; Mi’kmaw leadership and communities in Nova Scotia, adding to Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn (KMKNO).
Landscape of Grand-Pré Incorporated.
Tourism industry representatives.
Local communities and residents, as well as the general public.
Through this plan, Parks Canada will protect an important example of cultural heritage in Canada, engage and collaborate with Indigenous peoples, and provide an opportunity for Canadians to experience and discover history in new and innovative ways.
Grand-Pré commemorates Grand-Pré area as a centre of Acadian settlement from 1682 to 1755 and the Deportation of the Acadians from 1755 until 1762.
In designating Grand-Pré as a national historic site in 1982, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada also recognized the strong attachment that remains to this day among Acadians throughout the world to this area, the heart of their ancestral homeland.
Grand-Pré is part of the Grand-Pré landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site, land, marshes, a series of dikes, and Cape Blomidon (a vital feature of the Mi’kmaq landscape) can all be enjoyed from the scenery of Grand Pré View Park, atop a nearby hill.
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