30 March 2013

#215 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada


Grand-Pré National Historic Site is a park set aside to commemorate the Grand-Préarea 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. The original village of Grand Pré extended four kilometres along the ridge between present-day Wolfville and Hortonville (where the British fort Fort Vieux Logis was located). Grand-Pré is listed as a World Heritage Site and is the main component of two National Historic Sites of Canada
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Property No #1404

Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO: 2012





Date of Issue: January 10, 2012 | Year of the Dragon


Date of Issue: January 8, 2013 | Year of the Snake


Date of Issue: March 21, 2011

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Sent on: March 5, 2013
Received on: March 30, 2013

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