Charles Lawrence

Charles Lawrence

male, deceased (1760)
Charles Lawrence (December 14, 1709 - October 19, 1760) was a British military officer who, as lieutenant governor and subsequently governor of...
Antonine Maillet

Antonine Maillet

female, 80 years old
Antonine Maillet, PC, CC, OQ, ONB, LL.D, FRSC, (born May 10,1929) is a Canadian Acadian novelist, playwright, and scholar. She was born in...
Marc Lescarbot

Marc Lescarbot

male
Marc Lescarbot (c.1570 - 1642) was a French author and lawyer. He was involved in Sieur de Monts' venture in Acadia and wrote "Histoire de la...
Nicolas Denys

Nicolas Denys

male, deceased (1688)
Nicolas Denys, (1598 - 1688), was born in France and little is known of his early years. It appears that he received little formal education but...

Louis Hébert

male, 434 years old
Louis Hébert is widely considered to be the first legal farmer and Canadian apothecary as well as the first European to farm in Canada. He was b...
Mark Parent

Mark Parent

male, 55 years old
Mark Parent is a published author and the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, Canada for the constituency of Kings North. He sits as...
Edward Cornwallis

Edward Cornwallis

male, deceased (1776)
Edward Cornwallis, was a British military officer, known as “the Founder of Halifax”. He was born in London, the sixth son of Charles, fourth Baro...
Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville

Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville

male, deceased (1706)
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville [<font/>pronounce ] (b.16 July 1661 - d.(probably) 9 July 1706), founder of the colony of French Louisiana, was born at...
Joseph Broussard

Joseph Broussard

male, deceased (1765)
Joseph Broussard, also known as Beausoleil, (1702 - 1765) was a leader of the Acadian people in Acadia; later Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. He was...

Suzie Leblanc

female
Suzie LeBlanc (born in Acadia in Atlantic Canada) is a Canadian soprano and early music specialist, who has enjoyed an active international career...