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

 
Tuttle Creek Dyke, well over 2 metres above high water, showing interior wall and drainage ditch
1 of 84 		Historic Marshland of Remsheg Bay
2 of 84 		Rich marsh land, once protected by an Acadian dyke
3 of 84 		Natural marsh grass, rich from centuries of decaying vegetation
4 of 84 		Mural of Acadian Settlement in Nova Scotia, by Barbara Clark
5 of 84 		Image of Fort Lawrence, present day Amherst, in 1755
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The trail from Cobiquid (Truro) to Tatamagouche, rough in places, followed the Chigonois River
7 of 84 		Captain Willard stopped a few miles from Cobiquid to read his sealed orders
8 of 84 		Dykes and Aboiteaus
9 of 84 		Diagram of a working dyke
10 of 84 		Rich marshland at Remsheg Bay, first seen by Acadian farmers in about 1710
11 of 84 		Enterance to Remsheg Bay from the Northumberland Strait
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Aerial photo of Wallace Bay, Akerly Brook on left and Long Brook on right
13 of 84 		Dyke at Akerly Brook - note the small amount of farmable land secured by building a dyke
14 of 84 		A west bank river dyke with a small amount of secured farmland at Akerly Brook
15 of 84 		Dykes along Akerly Brook
16 of 84 		Dykes visable on both sides of Akerly Brook
17 of 84 		Akerly Brook; shows the large amount of work needed to secure just a small amount of farmable land
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