Horton Landing commemorates the national significance of the arrival of New England Planters to Nova Scotia in 1760. You can see the dykes protecting the fields and the Deportation Cross, an important Acadian memorial was originally erected in 1924 as a memorial to the Acadians deported from this spot. This site symbolizes the spirit of cooperation between the Acadian diaspora and the current community members. It was this cooperation which made possible the inscription of the Landscape of Grand Pré on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
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Horton Landing |
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The Deportation Cross was erected in 1924 to mark the location from which the Acadians were deported in 1755. It was relocated to Horton Landing (Vieux Logis) in 2005, closer to the area where Acadian families boarded small boats to transport them to the ships for their forced exile to New England colonies.The Deportation Cross was erected in 1924 to mark the location from which the Acadians were deported in 1755. It was relocated to Horton Landing (Vieux Logis) in 2005, closer to the area where Acadian families boarded small boats to transport them to the ships for their forced exile to New England colonies.
The inscription on the Deportation Cross reads:
"The dry bed of the creek which is in sight, a few paces in the marsh is the spt where the VICTIMS OF THE EXPULSION OF THE ACADIANS OF 1755 were embarked on the small boats to be rowed over to the transports lying at anchor in Minas Basin." Two thousand Acadians were deported from this site.
"The dry bed of the creek which is in sight, a few paces in the marsh is the spt where the VICTIMS OF THE EXPULSION OF THE ACADIANS OF 1755 were embarked on the small boats to be rowed over to the transports lying at anchor in Minas Basin." Two thousand Acadians were deported from this site.
In 2005, the cross was moved on land belonging to the Grand Pré Historic Site. This is land now believed to be the exact spot where the Acadians waited for the ships to deport them.
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Louisiana Deportation Cross |
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Deported Acadians settled many places on the bayous and prairies of Louisiana, but no point of arrival is more evocative of the whole tragic story than St. Martinville, poetic site of reunion and renewed hope. That is why St. Martinville was chosen as the site of one of 37 replicas --the only one in Louisiana-- to be erected on the many shores from the Caribbean to Europe touched by the Grand Dérangement. On June 15, 2003 the Acadian Memorial held the dedication of the Cross replica in St. Martinville with dignitaries from Louisiana, the United States.