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Acadian Culture in Maine

Proud of her cultural heritage, Geraldine Chassé of St. David, Maine holds a portrait of her parents, 1995. Photographer: Paula Lerner,   2003.What Will You Find on This Site? You will find a web edition of the 1994 National Park Service publication Acadian Culture in Maine, a 92-page report on the history and cultural heritage of Maine's Upper Saint John Valley.

Valley kids help out at potato harvest time at the J.A. & R. Farm in St. Francis, 1995.  Photographer: Pauler Lerner,   2003.How Do I Navigate this Site? We recommend that you first look at the Table of Contents to get an overview of the lay-out. From there you can link to chapters. Or, you can go directly into the book by clicking here.

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Local apprentices gather with 89-year-old master rug-braider Bertha Voisine of Fort Kent to display their rugs and celebrate completion of an apprenticeship project, 2003. Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes photograph by  Lisa Ornstein.Why a Web Version? Acadian Culture in Maine went out of print shortly after its publication. The National Park Service has granted permission to the Acadian Archives at the University of Maine to make this web version.

Don Cyr sits inside Notre Dame du Mont-Carmel Church in Lille, 1995. He has made a great effort to restoring this unique church to its original beauty.  Photographer, Paula Lerner,   2003.How Does the Website Differ from the Original Publication? The web version contains all of the text, maps, and black-and-white photographs of the original publication. We have also added over 100 color images, photographs, drawings and maps that were not included in the original publication.


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Who is a "Maine Acadian"?

As used in Acadian Culture in Maine, "Maine Acadian" means an American of French descent connected by heritage to the Upper St. John Valley, including but not limited to genealogical descendants of early Acadian settlers of the Valley.

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