Fort Anne

Fort Anne was in Port Royal (Later changed to Annapolis Royale). It was attacked twelve times and actually changed hands seven times between the French and the English.

We first went to Fort Anne at night to participate in a cemetery tour. The guide is a seventh (or eighth or ninth) generation Acadian. His ancestors were long ago deported from the region but somehow managed to return. Along with stories from the cemetery, he managed to pass along a sense of history.

The only building still standing is the Officer's Quarters.

Adirondack chairs seem to be everywhere.

The cemetery is very old, but also very well maintained.

It doesn't look very old, but there are many more corpses than there are stones.

This stone commemorates Rose Fortune, a black woman who arrived via
the Underground Railroad. She started a  logistics company using
a wheelbarrow and she continued to help other blacks enter Canada.

The guide mentioned that the name of the artist who created the monument was Brad Hall, Deb exclaimed, "That's my cousin!" She did know that he was in Nova Scotia and she knew that he worked in metal and stone.

We asked around and we found an address. Brad was somewhat surprised to see us knocking on his door.

The monument is made from steel and sandstone.
The shape is meant to represent a stylized wheelbarrow.

The angel motif is "Cute".

With this older tombstone, the skull motif is not "Cute".