A tale of two families: two Acadian families settle in Prince Edward Island and meet different fates. But each leaves its mark on the island's red soil.(Havre Saint Pierre and Port-la-Joye, P.E.I)(Michel Hache dit Gallant and Jacques Oudy had similar beginnings)(Cover story)

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Prince Edward Island, home to the Mi'kmaq, lay virtually untouched by European settlement until the beginning of the 18th century. After the cession of Acadia to England by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, a number of Acadians moved to nearby French possessions. Among them were two families seeking a new home on the island then known as Tie Saint-Jean. They had similar beginnings, but very different fates.

In 1720, Michel Hache dit Gallant, the orphaned son of an aboriginal mother and French father, arrived in Port-la-Joye, one of the island's earliest French ...

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