Grand-Pré National Historic Site, Grand-Pré

Name: Grand-Pré National Historic Site
Address: 2205 Grand Pre Rd, Grand-Pré, B0P 1M0, Canada
Telephone: +1 902-542-3631

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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 British deportation of the Acadians that happened during the French and Indian War. The original village of Grand Pré extended four kilometres along the ridge between present-day Wolfville and Hortonville. Grand-Pré is listed as a World Heritage Site and is the main component of two National Historic Sites of Canada. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 45°6'35"N, 64°18'38"W

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2205 Grand Pre RdGrand-Pré B0P 1M0 Canada

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+1 902-542-3631

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Day trips

Grand-Pré National Historic Site – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wolfville Historical Society, Prescott House Museum, Blue Beach, Fort Vieux Logis.

2.5 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Wolfville Historical Society, Wolfville
64 min walk • The Wolfville Historical Society is a registered charity that owns and maintains the Randall House Museum in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. This building dates from c.1812 and is operated as a seasonal museum, open to the public from June to September.
3.3 miW
Specialty museum, Historical place, Museum
Prescott House Museum, Wolfville
85 min walk • Prescott House Museum is a historic house and gardens located in Starr's Point, Nova Scotia which is part of the Nova Scotia Museum.
4.6 miE
Beach, Outdoor activities, Park
Blue Beach, Grand-Pré
119 min walk • Blue Beach is a 2 kilometres stretch of cliff-bordered coastline at Avonport, Nova Scotia near the mouth of the along the Avon River in the southern bight of Minas Basin, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1.5 miE
Forts and castles
Fort Vieux Logis
38 min walk • Fort Vieux Logis was a small British frontier fort built at present-day Hortonville, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1749, during Father Le Loutre's War. Ranger John Gorham moved a blockhouse he erected in Annapolis Royal in 1744 to the site of Vieux Logis. The fort was in use until 1754.
2.8 miSW
Universities and schools
Acadia University, Wolfville
71 min walk • Acadia University is a public, predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level.
3.2 miSW
45°5'16"N • 64°22'8"W
Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens, Wolfville
82 min walk • Garden, Park
0.7 miS
Church
Covenanter Church
19 min walk • Covenanter's Church is a New England meeting house style structure located in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, and is the oldest extant Presbyterian Church in Canada.
3 miSW
Universities and schools
Acadia Divinity College, Wolfville
77 min walk • The Acadia Divinity College is the official seminary of the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada, functioning within its evangelical tradition, and governed by a board of trustees with members appointed by the Convention and the Board of Governors of Acadia University.
3.1 miSW
Sport venue, Sport
Andrew H. McCain Arena, Wolfville
79 min walk • The Andrew H. McCain Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. It can seat 1,800 spectators for ice events and an extra 1,000 on the ice surface for other events. It was built in 1988, and features an Olympic sized ice surface. It is home to the Acadia Axemen ice hockey team.
3 miSW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Raymond Field, Wolfville
77 min walk • Raymond Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. It is the home of the Acadia University Axemen football and soccer teams as well as the Acadia Axewomen soccer and rugby teams. It can seat 3,000, and was built in 1966.