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rfmcdonaldThe Grand Dérangement, the ethnic cleansing of the Francophone Acadians from their homelands by the Bay of Fundy in the future Maritime province during the Seven Years War, permanently scattering Acadians across the North Atlantic world. Close to home, some Acadians resettled in isolated enclaves or unpopulated territories away from their former homeland, repopulated by New Englanders. In some places, like the colony of Massachusetts, the Acadians were only settled temporarily.
And in some places, the Acadians were resettled while retaining their identity. The most famous example of this can be found in Louisiana, where Acadian settlers welcomed by the Spanish Crown settled and evolved into Cajuns. Less known are the Acadians settled in France, as Alain Le Bioas reports in the Breton newspaperLe télégramme.
And in some places, the Acadians were resettled while retaining their identity. The most famous example of this can be found in Louisiana, where Acadian settlers welcomed by the Spanish Crown settled and evolved into Cajuns. Less known are the Acadians settled in France, as Alain Le Bioas reports in the Breton newspaperLe télégramme.
Certains réfugiés ont fait souche en terre bretonne, notamment à l'Ile Tudy, Lorient, Nantes, Morlaix(notamment les ancêtres de Dominique Lavanant), la vallée de la Rance et Auray (dont l'un d'entre eux a été maire). Belle-Ile a également reçu un contingent de 383 exilés, 78 familles. Le roi de France comptait que leur haine de l'Anglais allait contribuer à défendre l'île d'un débarquement britannique. Les ports bretons ont aussi été ceux du retour des Acadiens vers l'Amérique, mais pas vers leur pays, qui leur était encore interdits. De 1775 à 1785, 1.600 d'entre eux ont embarqué à bord de sept navires qui ont appareillé de Nantes pour la Louisiane, où se sont retrouvés la plupart des exilés. Une grande fresque murale rappelle ces grands départs, rue des Acadiens, dans le quartier nantais de Sainte-Anne, qui domine le port. Aujourd'hui, des descendants bretons des victimes du «Grand Dérangement» ont gardé un attachement à la terre de leurs ancêtres. De l'autre côté de l'Atlantique, dans la péninsule acadienne où sont lentement revenues des familles de déportés, les traditions des régions d'origine des premiers colons ont imprégné la culture et l'histoire des 70.000 habitants. Au point qu'un Breton, loin d'y être dépaysé, s'y sent comme chez lui.
Some refugees found refuge in Breton soil, notablly at Ile Tudy, Lorient, Nantes, Morlaix [. . .], the valley of the Rance and Auray[. . .]. Belle-Ile also received a contingent of 383 exiles, 78 families. The king of France counted on their hatred of the English to help defend the island from a British landing. Breton ports were also saw Acadians return to America, but not to their country, which was still banned to them. From 1775 to 1785, 1600 of them on board travelled seven ships that sailed from Nantes to Louisiana, where most of the exiles were. A large mural recalls those great departures on the the rue des Acadiens, in Nantes\s district of Sainte-Anne, overlooking the harbor. Today, Brittany's descendants of victims of the "Grand Dérangement" have an attachment to the land of their ancestors. On the other side of the Atlantic, in the Acadian Peninsula, which families of deportees slowly returned, the traditions of the regions of origin of the first settlers have permeated the culture and history of the 70 thousand inhabitants to the extent that Bretons, far from feeling away from home, feel at home.
