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| General Description | Grand-Pré National Historic Site is a park set aside to commemorate the Grand-Pré area of Nova Scotia as a centre of Acadian settlement from 1682 to 1755, and the deportation of the Acadians which began in 1755 and continued to 1762. |
| Front Description | In 1920 the Dominion Atlantic Railway erected a statue of Evangeline conceived by Canadian sculptor Philippe Hébert and, after his death, finished by his son Henri. The railway deeded a piece of the land and funds were raised to build a memorial church in Grand-Pré. Construction began in the spring of 1922 and the exterior was finished by November. The interior of the church was finished in 1930, the 175th anniversary of the Deportation, and the church opened as a museum. The government of Canada acquired Grand-Pré from the Dominion Atlantic in 1957. It was designated a National Historic Site in 1961. |
| Height | 171.00 mm |
| Width | 117.00 mm |
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