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| | Acadian Genealogy Homepage; Modern-Day Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia! |
 | | Annapolis Royal, named for Queen who ruled England when the French were captured here in 1710, is regarded as Canada's birthplace. |
 | | With a population of only 600, Annapolis Royal serves as a massive outdoor museum documenting Canada's dual ancestry, Fort Anne, where English soldiers were garrisoned when they expelled the Acadians in 1755, was designated the first National Historic Site, in 1917. |
 | | Near the fort, within the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens, a rebuilt Acadian cottage overlooks a "potager" (vegetable garden) along with the fruit trees for which the Annapolis Valley is so famous. |
| www.acadian.org /annapoli.html (908 words) |
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