Cougars In Port Perry

cajuns vs acadiens

The irony in the reality. Two weeks ago we hosted a 'cajun' dinner at the school to assist with the realization of our fundraising goals. In two weeks we set off for New Orleans and a week among the Cajuns of Louisiana. On Thursday, Feb. 22 I found myself driving with my wife from Halifax to the District of Clare in Southwest Nova Scotia through that area of our country where the ancestors of today's 'cajuns' began!!! The city of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, home to Acadia University and at nearby Grand Pre the highest tides in the world, is considered to be the central location from which the French settlers were dispersed through various locations in North America in 1755. Though many settled in New England an equally large number continued their voyage and ended up in Louisiana and their desecndents are now known as Cajuns. I look forward to the opportunity to look into the phone directories in New Orleans to see if I can find surnames such as Comeau, Boudreau, Deveau, Belliveau, Saulnier (the spellings of which may have been altered through the centuries). Enough of the history...how about some geography. There is no more snow on the ground here than at home in Port Perry, but the wind......woooah. This community of Salmon River sits less than 200 yards from the Bay of Fundy and the winds from the southwest come up at least once a day and turn what may be a pleasant 0 degree day into a bitterly cold one. In my 35 years married I have not visited this area in the wintertime...takes a death to bring us here! I have seen the Bay in the summertime with its beautiful clear blue waters. Today when one looks out one sees only dark grey, frigid looking waves. From here to the City of Meteghan, a distance of approximately 20 kms, there are 3 Catholic churches (bilingual, but mostly French communities). There are 3 masses each week-end.....one in each of the communities with English and French language masses alternating each week-end.

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