Images show Canada’s oldest graveyard could be in Annapolis Royal - News Summed Up

Images show Canada’s oldest graveyard could be in Annapolis Royal


ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, N.S. — Researchers using ground-penetrating radar have found what they believe is one of the oldest European graveyards in Canada. The Garrison Graveyard at Fort Anne in Annapolis Royal, N.S. ( THE CANADIAN PRESS )The radar images, gathered one day last month at the Fort Anne National Historic Site in Annapolis Royal, show neat rows of 19 ghostly green and red shapes. “With respect to Acadian history, this was — and (nearby) Port Royal is — the cradle of Acadian civilization,” says Beanlands, senior archeologist at Halifax-based Boreas Heritage Consulting.


Source: thestar January 30, 2019 21:00 UTC



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