Nola by #'s

12
Years of The Great Upheaval, aka Le Grande Derangement.
 

15,000
Approximate number of Acadians in Nova Scotia in 1755.

7,500
Approximate number of Acadians in Nova Scotia in 1756.

300
Approximate number of settlers referred to as the “first families” of Acadia.
 

14,000
Approximate number of Acadians exiled during the expulsion.

406
Years since the first European colony in Acadia.

3,000
Number of Acadian exiles that reached Louisiana territory.

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