The first victims of the move to drive out the French were not even in Canada ... forces (comprised of American colonists) burnt the Acadian settlements and shipped thousands into exile.

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Acadia National Park was created as Sieur de Monts National Monument in 1916, named after a French nobleman and explorer; it became Acadia in 1929. Exhibits and programs at the park's family ...