Landscape of Grand Pré

Situated in the southern Minas Basin of Nova Scotia, the Grand Pr&eacute; marshland and archaeological sites constitute a cultural landscape bearing testimony to the development of agricultural farmland using dykes and the aboiteau wooden sluice system, started by the Acadians in the 17th century and further developed and maintained by the Planters and present-day inhabitants. Over 1,300&nbsp;ha, the cultural landscape encompasses a large expanse of polder farmland and archaeological elements of the towns of Grand Pr&eacute; and Hortonville, which were built by the Acadians and their…