Experiences

Tracing Your Roots

Many of our communities trace their beginnings to the Acadians, Planters and loyalist settlers who came here from the Old World, as well as Scottish, German, Dutch and Irish ancestry.

Visit one of the permanent European settlements in Canada at Port Royal, where the Sieur de Mons and Samuel de Champlain built their now-famous Habitation. Experience a way of life at the Historic Acadian Village in West Pubnico and the picturesque French Acadian Shore. Grand Pre National Historic Site of Canada commemorates 400 years of Acadian history and is one of the main sites of the 1755 expulsion of the Acadians.

The Black Loyalist Heritage Site in Birchtown celebrates the history of some of Canada’s first settlers; many of whom were passengers on the Underground Railroad. The Town of Lunenburg has been honoured with a UNESCO World Heritage designation, as the best surviving example of a British colonial settlement in North America.

Come and explore our heritage and perhaps discover some of yours as well!

Acadian, Candlelight Graveyard, National Historic District & Custom Tours

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County

Phone: (902) 532-3034

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Experiences

Tracing Your Roots

Acadian, Candlelight Graveyard, National Historic District & Custom Tours

Admiral Digby Inn and Cottages

Annapolis Heritage Society

Annapolis Valley Macdonald Museum

Black Loyalist Heritage Society

L'association du Musee de Wedgeport

Lunenburg County Historical Society

Lunenburg Inn

MacKenzie's Motel and Cottages Suites

Melanson Settlement National Historic Site of Canada

Musee Acadien & Reseach Centre

North Queens Visitors Information Centre

Shelburne Harbourside Cottages

Shelburne Museum Complex

Upper Clements Cottages

Yarmouth County Museum & Archives

Yesteryear's B&B