GRAND PR

unincorporated place, Kings county, central Nova Scotia, Canada. It lies on the south shore of Minas Basin (an inlet of the Bay of Fundy). Settled in the late 17th century by Acadian French farmers, it served as their chief settlement until they were deported by the British in 1755 to Louisiana and other American colonies for refusing to pledge allegiance to England. Grand Pr (French: "Great Meadow"), 46 miles (74 km) northwest of Halifax, was later occupied by New England farmers; and, although many Acadians made their way back to the region, they now form only a small minority of the population. A national historic park contains a replica of an Acadian church and a statue of Evangeline, the Acadian poetic heroine immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Pop. (1991) 324.