Links to Relevant WebsitesLafayette, Louisiana Daily Advertiser, 23 February 1999 ...Claude de La Tour sailed to Nova Scotia in 1629 with Alexander's eldest son, who was also named Sir William Alexander. There were two groups of settlers with them. One group, led by Claude and the young Alexander, settled on what would later be called the Allain River at a place they named Charlesfort. It was also called Scotch Fort and was less than five miles from the all but abandoned French settlement at Port Royal. A second group, led by Lord Ochiltree, settled on Cape Breton Island at a place they called Baleine. Later, when the French built a fortress at the site, they called it Louisbourg... http://www.carencrohighschool.org/la_studies/ ParishSeries/Acadie/FatherAndSon.htm On the Trail of the Scots of Annapolis County by Allen B. Robertson ...The Scotch Fort was built on the banks of the Annapolis River near Granville close to the site of the earlier Habitation or French fort. It lasted as a post only a short time before Britain and France exchanged colonial possessions in their periodic battles and diplomatic manoeuvres. (In 1632, the territory was passed to the French as part of the marriage negotiations of King Charles I of England.) Moreover as a post inhabited only by men [with the exception of two women] it was not an auspicious way to gain a permanent foot hold in Nova Scotia. King Charles I of England and Scotland issued a command to Sir William Alexander in July 1631, "... to demolish the fort that was builded there by your son and to remove all the people, goods, ordnance, ammunition, cattle and other things belonging to the colony." The following March 1632 by the Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye all of Acadia alias New Scotland was returned to France. The treaty also meant that the attempt by Lord Ochiltree to settle Scots in Cape Breton was halted Not all of the Scottish colonists chose to return to Scotland. A few moved on to Boston...Residents of Annapolis County may be proud of the fact that the only province in Canada to be named for the Scots presence had its genesis on the banks of the Annapolis River. http://www.celticheritage.ns.ca/genealogy.htm Saint-Germain-en-Laye treaty signed on 29 March 1632 http://www.lafete.org/new/acadia/timeE/1632.htm Remembering Our Acadian Heritage by Jim Bradshaw Lafayette, Louisiana Daily Advertiser, 29 September 1994 ...Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, was one of the ablest of French statesmen. He held strong influence over King Louis XIII, and would, in fact, be the actual ruler of France for more than 18 years (1624-1642). Richelieu saw the coming struggle for supremacy in North America, and saw that France would have to strengthen its colonies there if it was going to compete with the growing British strength. He immediately organized a trading company for Quebec and one of Acadie, sending his cousin, Isaac de Razilly to North America as lieutenant governor of all New France and Governor of Acadia. In July 1632 Razilly sailed from France aboard the Esperance a Dieu. With him were two transports carrying 300 people, livestock, seeds, tool, arms – everything needed to establish and maintain a community. He would begin the first true steps toward permanent settlement of the Acadian colony. After landing at LaHave on 8 September 1632, Razilly took possession of Port Royal and then took the fort at Penobscot by force. Scottish families still in Port Royal were sent back to England... http://www.acadian-cajun.com/acartic25.htm Cardinal Richelieu, Prime Minister of France 1624-1642 http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95sep/richelieu.html |
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Port Royal Habitation 1605-1613 Port Royal
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Fort Anne bronze cannon Annapolis Royal
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Clementsport war memorial
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