Bonus episode 1: "Le Grand Derangement: The Acadian Expulsion and the fall of Louisbourg, 1755-1758"

New York, Quebec, and The Water Route to the Center of the World

Discover the history of French settlement of Acadia and British attempts to cleanse Acadia of it’s French inhabitants during the French and Indian War. We’ll also discuss the fall of the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1758 and examine the historiography of Le Grand Derangement. Book Recommendations: “A Great and Noble Scheme” by John Mack Faragher & “The Capture of Louisbourg” by Hugh Boscawen.