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A Scientist looks at the historical geography of Acadia,
By JT (Nova Scotia, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sods, Soil, and Spades: The Acadians at Grand Pré and Their Dykeland Legacy (Hardcover)
Bleakney, who is a retired marine biologist, provides an extensive examination of the process of dyking tidal marshland employed by the French settlers in Nova Scotia in the 17th and 18th centuries. The reclamation of salt marshes for agricultural use by the Acadians was unique to North America. As a biologist and observer of natural history who has spent his life in Nova Scotia, Bleakney offers a far more analytic and rigourous account of the Acadian colonial settlement than the historic record alone has provided. In particular his study of historic maps and modern aerial photography give a considerable understanding of the environment in which the Acadian settlers found themselves.
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Sods, Soil, and Spades: The Acadians at Grand Pré and Their Dykeland Legacy by J. Sherman Bleakney (Hardcover - October 13, 2004)
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