ACADIAN TOUR #15 Multi-Cache

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.

15. Brulé (Brule, Hwy #6) On this salt marsh are remnants of Acadian dykes.  Across Brule Harbour was a large Mi’kmaw village, identified as Tatamegouche on French maps of 1720 and 1744. . LeLoutre writes in 1738 about ministering to the needs of these families.

On the blue sign,  A census of 1737 reports XX.000 adult male residents . The final co-ordinates are N 45° 24.553' + XX.000' and W 063° 30.379' - XX.000'.