Parc de nos Ancêtres
This park concept is the creation of la Société des Acadiens de la Région de Tor Baie, after a community request to have a unique reminder of our cultural reality and history. In an attempt to integrate history and geography the idea of using rocks, for which the area is well known, emerged.
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It was also decided that 10 paintings revealing our history from our departure from France to settlement at Port Royal, the development of Grand Pré, the Deportation, Re-settlement, and eventual move from Chezzetcook to Tor Bay.
All this was done in the shape of an anchor denoting our ancestors’ resolve when they reacted to Bishop Plessis’ 1815 request to move with our cousins on Île Madame. Their response to him was, “No, we have thrown our anchor-we are here to stay.” The concept led to the search for artists who felt they could meet the challenges of painting on stone and willing to educate themselves to the Acadian saga.
Today, we have hundreds of annual visitors to our park who share comments such as: “very unique with artistic brilliance; very well documented account and easy to follow; what a great find!; we didn’t know the story prior to this visit; we didn’t realise that Acadians settled this area”. To date our park sees annual visitors from every province and territory of Canada, around 40 States of the USA, and some 20 foreign countries. The Municipality of the District of Guysborough presently own and maintain this park.