“Sais tu, Acadie, j'ai le mal du pays” - Great Sites: Grand Pré

This fortnight, just like the September weather, a Canadian cold front is movin' in as we sit down to talk with Dr. Jonathan Fowler (St. Mary’s University) to talk about le Grand dérangement, and how historical archaeology is exploring Acadian deportation stories at Grand-Pré National Historic Site and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jonathan tells us about terrestrial geophysics, the irony in the source material for Longfellow's Evangeline, landscape archaeology, and uncovering a perspective on the past from the diaries of British officers and soldiers present at the time. The keen listener will also hear a little something new in the intro/outro compliments of Emanuel…

Show Notes:

• Fowler, Jonathan, and Earle Lockerby, eds. 2013. Diaries of the Acadian Deportations: Jeremiah Bancroft at Fort Beauséjour & Grand-Pré. Vol. 1. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press.
• ---, eds. 2025. Diaries of the Acadian Deportations: John Winslow at Grand-Pré. Vol. 2. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press.
• Fowler, Jonathan and Noël, Stéphane 2017 Poetry is Always Truer than History: The Curious Parentage of Acadian Archaeology, in Brooks, A. and Mehler, N. (eds.) The Country Where My Heart Is: Historical Archaeologies of Nationalism and National Identity. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, pp. 37-68.
• Robertson, Robbie. 1975. Acadian Driftwood. Northern Lights – Southern Cross. https://youtu.be/SycgViWySeE?si=K6x6kqH4HTKNOk6w
• Grand-Pré National Historic Site: https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/grandpre

Hit Pieces:

• SAPIENS anthropology magazine: https://www.sapiens.org/
• Dusseault, Marisa, Matthew Betts, Kristin M. Poduska, and Meghan Burchell. 2025. "Preliminary investigation of the local marine reservoir effect in Port Joli Harbour, Nova Scotia using archaeological M. arenaria shells." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 658: 112584. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112584 . https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003101822400573X
• Holly DH, Friesen TM. The Archaeology of Forgetting, the Dorset, and Arctic Antiquity. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. Published online 2025:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774325100061

Credits:

Sponsors: APANB, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Producer: Emanuel Akel LinkedIn

Music Credits: Intro/Outro (Remix): Emanuel Akel, Original Title/Hit Pieces: Justin Hoenke