The Acadian Tragedy in Nova Scotia - Evangeline I confess I've always been a history buff. I've enjoyed exploring places in Europe, knowing I'm at the very site of some famous historical event. The so-called "New World" generally lacks the same level of historical appeal. But that is not true of Nova Scotia. This province has a recorded history far older than one would assume, and one particularly nasty part of history has been immortalised. Besides its natural beauty, welcoming people and wonders of nature, Nova Scotia's history deserves to be explored more in future blogs. But for now I’d like to focus on one particular incident in history, a poem that immortalised it, and a scenic trail running past our Inn that allows visitors to bathe in its aura. The incident is often referred to as the Great Upheaval or the Great Expulsion. I refer to the deportation of the French speaking Acadian population from Nova Scotia in 1755. I recall being a young boy and b...