Beaubassin area rich in Yorkshire heritage

charles

- January 18, 2010 at 12:11:06

This comment is very timely. Archaeolgical evidence of the post 1755 occupation and use of the Beaubassin and Fort Lawrence National Historic Sites is discovered everyday and treated with the same respect as artifacts of the earlier era. However, Parks Canada's mandate requires us to present the story of the commemorated event, which on this site refers to evidence of the Acadian and British occupations. As archaeologists, we are concerned with all the evidence in the ground, particularly with the activities and occupation of those who lived in and cared for this land after the removal of Fort Lawrence. Although the story of the Planter and Yorkshire settlers is rarely articulated in media accounts of the Public Archaeolgy Experience, their place in the landscape of Beaubassin will be clearly presented in the final archaeological report.

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Sandy

- January 18, 2010 at 11:42:08

I can't help but agree with both earlier postings. In case anyone reading this is not aware of it, an excellent (and award winning) book about this area during the American Revolutionary war was written by Ernest Clarke in 1995. The Siege of Fort Cumberland, 1776, published by McGill Queens University Press.

Ernest Clarke explores why supporters of American independence did not prevail in this British North American colony. He reveals how the siege of Fort Cumberland shaped the attitudes of Nova Scotians to the revolution and to their place in the North American world.
He examines the attitudes of the various players in the region - New England planters, Acadians, Native peoples, Yorkshiremen, and Scots-Irish - and their responses to the call to arms issued by the revolutionary forces in the thirteen colonies.

For more information, and a review, here is a link: http://mqup.mcgill.ca/book.php?bookid=1278

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