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.
6. Village Martin Bourque By 1748 a dozen Acadian families lived near the mouth of the Debert River. This area and the river were both named after Martin and Marie (Potet) Bourque’s family.