This is a series of twenty five (25) caches placed to highlight the Acadian Heritage in Colchester County. Visit the actual sites of ACADIAN Villages of Cobequid. Enjoy vistas little altered from the days when Acadian families dyked the marshes and harvested salt hay. Captain Abijah Willard with an Acadian guide, map maker Thomas Lewis &100 New England troops traveled through this area. His 1755 diary is one of the best information sources for these communities.
13. Trail to Cobequid A trail in this area appears on maps as early as 1715 and no doubt began as a Mi’kmaw path. The distance from Tatamagouche to Nigaganiche (Belmont) was 9 leagues (45 km/27 miles) over ‘high mountains and low valleys’. By 1755 it’s called a ‘horse road’.
Near here was the home of Acadians François & Marie (Brun) Moyse. He is described in several journals. Several mills are reported to have operated near here during the Acadian era.