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Feature articles about the Landscape of Grand Pré are important in communicating the work of the Stewardship Board and informing the public about opportunities for involvement and support of the World Heritage Site.

August 30th, 2017
Landscape of Grand Pré Inc. Announces New Executive Director 
The Board of Directors of Landscape of Grand Pré Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of an Executive Director, Steven Gaudet of Port Maitland, Nova Scotia.​
August 25th, 2015
Nova News Now  - Grand Pre Company, Lost Art Cartography, is honoured for its world-class maps.
Lost Art Cartography produced the maps of two Nova Scotia heritage sites, which are now featured in the new international map book; Grand Pré, Nova Scotia. 
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July 20th, 2015
Dykelands Awareness Campaign


July 22nd, 2015
Kings County Advertiser

June 12th, 2015
New Investments for Grand-Pré National Historic Site _ 
Greg Kerr, Member of Parliament for West Nova on behalf of  the Honorable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister Responsible for Parks Canada, announced $572,000 in new investments for Grand-Pré National Historic Site.  These were part of the historic investments of $2.8 billion announced by the Prime Minister in November 2014 to support infrastructure improvements.  These investments will benefit national parks and national historic sites throughout the country, including the park and sites under our field unit's management.  We are very excited about this great news

September 10th, 2014
Documentary with Grand Pré ties tell the story of Canada's first feature film

August 25th, 2014
Berwick girl gets to be Grand Pre park interpretive guide for a day

August 21st, 2014
Grand Pre evokes memories of home (The Daily Advertiser)

August 13th, 2014
Uncommon Art in Grand Pre

August 11th, 2014
Wendy Elliott column: Go fly a kite

July 30, 2014
New trail through Greenwich will connect Wolfville and New Minas
Hants Jounrnal
Kings County council announced plans July 29 to construct a trail between Cherry Lane in Wolfville and Lockhart Ryan Park in New Minas.

July 29, 2014
Louisiana actor performing Evangeline in Yarmouth makes pilgrimage to Grand Pré
Yarmouth County Vanguard
Gonzales, Louisiana native Ranji Bercegeay, who plays the role of Gabriel in a Tusket musical, posed with Evangeline Claire Boudreau-Robertson ...

July 19, 2014
Grand Pre chapel gets new protection
The Chronicle Herald
“It's certainly exciting what's taking place here in Grand Pre,” he said. “There aren't a lot of places you can go and look at the landscape and say: 'I get ...

July 11, 2014
Celebrate Acadian heritage at Grand Pré July 19-20
Kings County Register/Advertiser
The Société Promotion Grand Pré organized the popular Acadian Days at the Grand Pré National Historic Site. Admission is free on July 20 so

June 30, 2014
The Landscape of Grand Pré has its own official brand mark!
The Grapevine
The Landscape of Grand Pré has its own official brandmark! ... help us tell what locals want to know and do around Grand Pré and surrounding area.

June 27, 2014
Pubnicos being honoured at Grand-Pré
Yarmouth City Vanguard
The Société Promotion Grand-Pré, in partnership with the Parks Canada ... 2 p.m.: Claude DeGrâce, co-chair of the Landscape of Grand-Pré Society

December 10th, 2013
New co-ordinator, office for UNESCO site

See full article:
http://www.kingscountynews.ca/News/Local/2013-12-06/article-3531693/New-co-ordinator%2C-office-for-UNESCO-site/1
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September 16th, 2013
Grand-Pré is open seven days a week

GRAND PRÉ — Parks Canada, with the support of the Landscape of Grand Pre Society, has announced that the Grand-Pre National Historic Site will remain open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until the end of the season on Oct. 14.

See full article:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1154423-grand-pre-extends-hours
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July 5th, 2013
Official Opening of the Landscape of Grand Pré View Park


It was just a year ago that the landscape of Grand Pré was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and on July 5, the new view park that looks over that landscape was opened.

“The opening of this view park makes it possible to fully appreciate the beauty and rich history to this remarkable Landscape,” said Claude DeGrâce, co-chair of the Landscape of Grand Pré Society.


See full article:
What a View by Wendy Elliot for the Kings County Advertiser
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