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Acadian Removal at Remsheg, August 15, 1755
Images: Landscape

 
Long Brook dykes along each side of the brook, capturing only a small width of fertile soil
19 of 84 		Wallace Bay North, several dykes in the distance
20 of 84 		Dykes on Wallace Bay near mouth of Akerly Brook
21 of 84 		Fox Creek Dyke during spring ice breakup in Fox Harbour
22 of 84 		Fox Creek viewing south towards Fox Harbour; dykes on right
23 of 84 		Dyke located across the highway from Fox Harbour United Church
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Dykes on Fox Creek, Fox Harbour; possible site for an old Acadian mill
25 of 84 		Museum Assistant Jim Reeves marking height of dyke at possible Acadian mill site on Fox Creek
26 of 84 		Jim Reeves walking along dyke at Fox Creek to mark point of possible18th century mill dam
27 of 84 		Dyke on Brown's Bay in North Wallace, once the townsite for United Empire Loyalist settlers in 1784
28 of 84 		Brown's Bay Dyke, North Wallace, also the 1783 site of a proposed United Empire Loyalist townsite
29 of 84 		Dyke along Tuttle Creek facing north-west
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Top of Tuttle Creek Dyke facing north-east; dyke fronts on Wallace Bay, facing north-east gales
31 of 84 		Interior of Tuttle Creek Dyke, a nearly 2 km dyke proven to have preserved 35 acres of marsh land
32 of 84 		Jim Reeves measuring dykes on Dewar River; dyke being measured is nearly 2 metres above high tide
33 of 84 		Erosion over 300 years has allowed water to run behind this dyke
34 of 84 		Outflow end of small aboiteau sticking out of Acadian dyke and river bank
35 of 84 		Jim Reeves points to end of a small drainage aboiteau still visible through the dyke
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