SCOUT· 62%1h 34m·2026-02-27·HistoryAcadia: First Foothold in the North
We follow the tortuous beginnings of Acadia, the first northern European colony in America -- a string of remote fishing and fur trading outposts, Catholic missions, and French farming villages, which had to withstand a harsh, remote environment, religious and political feuding, a near civil war, and frequent…
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“I am a fan of Nicholas Denys. In fact, I live right beside his settlement where he had built a palisade. He authored the book "The Description of North America ". Presently, his site is now a 18 hole premier golf course. Also on site were t…”
“My family have been in the same town and general area in Newfoundland since the 1500’s, with most branches coming over 1625-1722. You might find our settlement around conception bay and the Avalon peninsula interesting! We had to retreat to…”
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“Currently listening to you from Bath, Maine on the Kennebec River @3:40 Somebody gave you some bad information, Arcadia was a French colony and was defined by the French themselves that the Kennebec River was the souther border of Arcadia.”
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