Despite their position between warring French and British empires, European settlers in the Maritimes eventually developed from a migrant community into a disti

In 1600 there were no such people as the Acadians; by 1700 the Acadians, who numbered almost 2,000, lived in an area now covered by northern Maine, New Brunswic

The first work devoted exclusively to Acadians in Nova Scotia, this book presents a thorough study of Acadian history from the earliest days of French settlemen

Late in 1755, an army of British regulars and Massachusetts volunteers completed one of the cruelest, most successful military campaigns in North American histo

What people wore in the distant past is often challenging to determine, owing to the disintegration of natural textiles and materials over time. Yet when new fi