Chris' heritage is Acadian, so during our recent trip to northern Maine and the Atlantic Provinces of Canada we visited several Acadian sites, consumed some Acadian food and enjoyed some Acadian entertainment.

Located just north west of the town of Van Buren, Maine on Route 1 is the Acadian Village.
It consists of more than a dozen buildings in traditional style, including , square-hewn houses (above), a grist mill(below), a barn and a school house.
The village, under the direction of Anne Roy, was one of the sites for the 2011 Violette Family Reunion. The grist mill was donated to the village by Dick Violette.

We had ployes and creton at the Acadian Village.
At the Acadian Co-op restaurant in Cheticamp, NS, we had meat pie.