Caraquet,NB

Caraquet is in the north west part of NS.  We went there to see Acadian village Historic.  It is considered the most accurate living park.  Over 100 buildings from the 1700 through 1900s have been taken apart, numbered and rebuilt there.  People go about their daily business they would be doing  in their time period from cooking biscuits in a dutch oven or making barrels, but they stop what they are doing to talk to you.  It was excellent.  The only frustration is they would talk to us in English if few other people were around, but if their were a lot of other people they would give their info in French.  I was surprised that they kept a lot of white turkeys.  Main crops were turnips, potatoes, onions, and the only spice was savory in their gardens.  They also had wheat fields.  They had pigs, turkeys, chickens, and cows, so life seemed pretty good.  They liked to drain and use the marshes, also  We were there from  10 to 3 when it closed for Festival Acadienne.  It began in the 70s when a priest told the people to let the world know they were still alive.  Everyone had dressed their houses and themselves in red, white, and blue.  The flag has a single star.  At 6:00 is the tentamont when everyone goes downtown and walks in a parade either up or down the street at the same time making as much noise as they can.  It goes on for an hour and then everyone parties the rest of the night.  Activities go on for a week. We got a plastic flag and walked too.   Some Acadians escaped the deportation from Nova Scotia and made their home here.  You see the same family names over and over.  Acadian pride is big.  I can see why Quebec wanted to succeed.  Today we drove to Quebec.