NFB Collection
Pioneer Life in the Maritimes: Part 1
1972Film: Documentary
Direction: Wes HeeneyFloyd Elliott
Production: Don Hopkins
Drawings depict the early life of the Acadian settlers who came to the Maritimes from France. Explains ways the Indigenous People helped the early settlers to hunt and fish. Examines Scottish settlements at Port Royal and on Cape Breton Island. An appendix of photographs of authentic Maritime pioneer artifacts is included.
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Subject categories
- Francophone Communities > Acadia
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Atlantic RegionHistoryLiving in non-Indigenous Communities
- History - Canada - Pre-1867 > Atlantic RegionImmigration and SettlementIndigenous PeoplesPioneer LifeRelations between Indigenous Peoples and Europeans
Credits
- director
- Wes Heeney
- Floyd Elliott
- producer
- Don Hopkins
- photography
- Harry Barash
- artist
- Steve Bloomer
- research
- Don Feather