MELANSON SETTLEMENT
This archaeological site reveals the architecture and lifeways of a typical pre-Deportation Acadian family settlement. Following their marriage in 1664, Charles Melanson and Marie Dugas settled along the tidal marshes of the Dauphin River, known as Tewopskik to the Mi’kmaq and renamed the Annapolis River by the British. On the terrace, houses and outbuildings adjoined orchards and gardens. Below, the distinctive aboiteaux system of dykes, ditches, and sluice gates drained the marshes for cultivation and livestock grazing. Melanson descendants lived here until the Acadians were forcibly deported by British authorities beginning in 1755.
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L’ÉTABLISSEMENT MELANSON
Ce site archéologique témoigne de l’architecture et du mode de vie d’une communauté acadienne typique d’avant la Déportation. Après leur mariage en 1664, Charles Melanson et Marie Dugas s’établissent le long des marais salés de la rivière Dauphin, Tewopskik pour les Mi’kmaq, renommée Annapolis par les Britanniques. Sur le plateau, des maisons et des granges avoisinent les vergers et les jardins. En contrebas, les aboiteaux, formés de digues, de fossés et de vannes, assèchent les marais pour la culture et l’élevage. Leurs descendants y habitent jusqu’à la déportation forcée des Acadiens par les autorités britanniques à compter de 1755.
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MELANSON SETTLEMENT
This unique site contains archaeological remains that show the architecture and the way of life of an Acadian village before the Expulsion of 1755. After their marriage in 1664, Charles Melanson and Marie Dugas founded the village on the banks of the Dauphin River, now Annapolis River. On the plateau, the village consisted of houses and barns adjoining orchards and gardens. Below, farming occurred in the salt marshes reclaimed by the tide gate system. Four generations of inhabitants lived in the village before it was abandoned in 1755.
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L’ÉTABLISSEMENT MELANSON
Ce site unique renferme des vestiges archéologiques révélant l’architecture et le mode de vie d’un village acadien antérieur à la Déportation de 1755. Après leur mariage en 1664, Charles Melanson et Marie Dugas fondèrent cet établissement sur le bord de la rivière Dauphin, aujourd’hui la rivière Annapolis. Le village comportait, sur le plateau, des maisons et des granges avoisinant les vergers et les jardins. En contrebas, on pratiquait l’agriculture dans les marais salants asséchés grâce au système d’aboiteaux. Quatre générations d’habitants s’y succédèrent jusqu’à l’abandon du village en 1755.
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