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This bronze artwork underlines the fate that awaited Acadian families whose destiny, following the Deportation which began in 1755, would be forever more detracted from its original course, and then submitted to the whims of events that were sure to follow.

By the way it was laid out, the sculpture represents the separation of the members of Acadian families, and the fate in store for a large number among them. The close proximity of the characters speaks to their hope of being together again in better days. The fact that the family is in motion suggests the forcible removal from their ancestral lands, and at the same time suggests their arrival in a new land.

This artwork was created by the artists Jules Lasalle and André Fournelle who were successful in capturing the vision of the members of the Board of Société Promotion Grand-Pré whose wish it was, as early as in 2004, to undertake this project to commemorate the 250^th anniversary of the Great Upheaval.

      From concept to realization...

Unveiling - September 3rd, 2006

From left to right: Gaston Chagnon, Jean-Claude Roy and Stan Surette