The valley had been a resource as well as a refuge for several native tribes local to the area, but all that changed overtime when a war broke out between England and France. Many acadians basically, were forcebly evicted from their chosen home"New France". Put on boats and dispersed over the east coast, the remaining acadians were moved to the French owned Louisianna Terratories.....New Orleans and surrounding areas. Their decendents are today known as "cajuns" . The acadians that escaped displacement searched for new places to live peacefully or were assimliated into the local community where they kept their culture alive, though somewhat influenced by conditions surronding them.
This site is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the local acadian culture still present today and distinguishable from our southern "cajun" relatives and also from the acadians local to NovaScotia, Cape Breton, P.E.I. and other eastern canadian locations, though we all share the same ancestry, culture and history. That is until,"La Grande Derangement", the Acadian's "Trail Of Tears" when they were dispersed to the four winds.
100 fled from the british eviction and settled in the St John Valley. I am a decendent from this lot of people and am here to try to expose a unique culture that not only survived to exist in today's world, but also lives by its ancestral beliefs and practices. "Survivalism" in its true form. |
