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33-562: It is located about 3 km south of the town of Wolfville on the Gaspereau River . The name "Gaspereau" is often used to refer to all of the communities along the 15 km Gaspereau Valley which include Gaspereau, Wallbrook, Melanson and White Rock . The name is derived from the Gaspereau fish , Alosa pseudoharengus , which migrates up the river every spring. The fishing of Gaspereau has been important to human settlement of

66-700: A British force. After the outbreak of the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, the Acadians in the Wolfville area, along with all Acadians in peninsular Nova Scotia, were involved in the deportations which took place as part of the expulsion of the Acadians (see also the Bay of Fundy Campaign ). Beginning in September 1755 and continuing into the fall, approximately 2,000 Acadians were deported by

99-540: A colony at Saint Croix Island , the colony was relocated to the Habitation at Port-Royal . The French and the Mi'kmaq quickly established a reciprocal trading relationship which continued to serve both peoples well until the mid eighteenth-century. The French found the area to be rich in furs and fine fertile land. Reports sent to France by individuals such as Samuel de Champlain, Marc Lescarbot and Nicolas Denys proclaimed

132-405: A nexus of culture and entertainment for the town's populace. Opened in 1911 and operating as an opera house until 1923 when it became a community theater and cinema, the theater underwent various changes in ownership until 1997 under the management of Acadia Cinems. With the retirement of its long-serving manager Al Whittle (1929–2021), the theater closed in 2000. In 2004, the theater was re-opened by

165-465: A permanent settlement in what is today known as Canada. The habitation's active period was from 1605 to 1613. Although the European settlement of Port Royal persevered, with some interruptions, the habitation's role as the focus of the colony ended with its destruction in 1613. In 1629, Charles Fort, now Fort Anne , was established by Scottish settlers. The founding of the new fort permanently shifted

198-613: A population of 5,057 living in 2,441 of its 2,856 total private dwellings, a change of 20.5% from its 2016 population of 4,195 . With a land area of 6.46 km (2.49 sq mi), it had a population density of 782.8/km (2,027.5/sq mi) in 2021. With Acadia University having a full time student population of 3,765, the population can fluctuate greatly with the school semesters. The Acadia University Art Gallery and The Festival Theatre are both located on Main Street, along with many bistros and boutiques. The town's history

231-418: A primarily agricultural economy, exporting cattle, potatoes, and grain, and later apples, as well as developing lumbering and shipbuilding. They settled and re-used the same dyke-lands as the Acadians had used before them, repairing and later expanding the agricultural dykes. They developed a major expansion in 1808, the three-mile-long Wickwire Dyke, which connected the Wolfville and Grand Pre dykes. This allowed

264-482: Is Wolfville Memorial Library. Prentice Roger H. 2024. Co-edited by Paul L. Harris and Karen E. Smith. Baptists in Early North America -- Wolfville, Nova Scotia . Mercer University Press. 45°05′N 64°22′W  /  45.083°N 64.367°W  / 45.083; -64.367 Habitation at Port-Royal Port-Royal National Historic Site is a National Historic Site located on

297-488: Is home to Acadia University and Landmark East School . The town is a tourist destination due to its views of Cape Blomidon , the Bay of Fundy and Gaspereau Valley , as well as its wine industry. The downtown portion of Wolfville is home to pubs, bars, cafes and shops. Wolfville is also home to the Acadia Cinema Cooperative, a non-profit organization that runs the local movie/performance house. In

330-452: Is more than one winery in the village. Gaspereau Vineyards , opened in 2004, and L'Acadie Vineyards, opened in 2008, are both popular destinations in the village of Gaspereau. The Gaspereau River is also known for tubing. During the hot summer months residents and visitors float on inner-tubes down through lush, tranquil river scenery when the river is high. Visitors can often rent tubes from nearby houses, but they should also be aware that

363-761: Is presented at the Randall House Museum, operated by the Wolfville Historical Society . Each year, the Annapolis Valley Music Festival is held at Acadia Campus, where musicians from across the valley compete. Wolfville hosts two annual arts festivals, the Deep Roots Music Festival in September and Devour! The Food Film Fest in late October. The Al Whittle Theatre operated by the Acadia Cinema Cooperative has for generations served as

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396-455: The Acadians . By the late 1690s their population numbered about 350. French settlement in the Wolfville area began in about 1680, when Pierre Melanson established his family at Grand-Pré . The Acadians prospered as farmers by enclosing the estuarine salt marshes with dykes, and successfully converting the reclaimed lands into fertile fields for crops and pasturage. In 1710, however, Acadia

429-525: The Algonquin and Ojibwe peoples, migrated into Nova Scotia. The Mi'kmaq were seasonal hunters, using dogs and traveling on webbed snowshoes to hunt deer. They used the various semi-precious stones (including jasper, quartz, and even amethyst) from the Blomidon area to make arrowheads. After an initial effort in 1604 by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons and his cartographer Samuel de Champlain to establish

462-596: The Dominion Atlantic Railway . Wolfville became a seaport devoted principally to the export of apples from the orchards of the fertile Annapolis Valley. Wolfville Harbour was also a terminus of the MV Kipawo ferry, the last of a long succession of ferries that connected Wolfville, Kingsport and Parrsboro for 200 years. The harbour, which empties twice a day due to the high tides of the Bay of Fundy,

495-586: The Acadia Cinema Cooperative Ltd. and named in honour of Al Whittle. The theater has continued to serve as a local gathering place and centre for the arts ever since, from hosting local theater productions to screening international independent films. Wolfville has a farmers market located in the DeWolfe building, a former apple packing warehouse. In July 2022, the town will host the first ever Annapolis Valley Pride Festival. The library

528-591: The British from the area around Wolfville. The villages lying beyond Grand-Pré were burned by British forces, and still more buildings were destroyed by both sides during the guerrilla war that took place until 1758. Around 1760, the British authorities in Nova Scotia made several township plots of land available in the Annapolis Valley for colonization by English-speaking settlers. Horton Township

561-506: The Gaspereau Valley for thousands of years. When the Acadians came here around 1680, they named the fish and the area "Gasparot". There is still a commercial fishery for Gaspereau in the river. The term "Rivière des Gasparots" is mentioned in a 1701 census of Acadia. Gaspereau is primarily an agricultural community, hosting dairy farms and apple orchards. In recent years many grape vineyards have been established and there

594-517: The Port Royal colony's centre of activity. The settlement around the new fort would evolve into the modern day town of Annapolis Royal . On May 25, 1925, the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board recognized the original Habitation at for its heritage significance, and the then Minister of the Interior , Charles Stewart , designated it Port-Royal National Historic Site. In the 1930s,

627-546: The White Rock reservoir to the hydroelectricity generating station. 45°3′57.51″N 64°21′9.01″W  /  45.0659750°N 64.3525028°W  / 45.0659750; -64.3525028 Wolfville, Nova Scotia Wolfville is a Canadian town in the Annapolis Valley , Kings County, Nova Scotia , located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax . The town

660-722: The agricultural development of an additional 8,000 acres. The town site for Horton was initially surveyed in the Grand-Pré area at Horton Landing near the mouth of the Gaspereau River . However, the town developed around the sheltered harbour on the Cornwallis River at Wolfville, at first known as Mud Creek. The first official record of a Baptist church in Canada was that of the Horton Baptist Church (now Wolfville), established on October 29, 1778. The church

693-588: The approximate site of the original Habitation was located in the community and the results of archaeological excavations fed public interest in the period of the original French settlement. This interest had been increasing since the publication of Quietly My Captain Waits , an historical novel by the Canadian novelist Evelyn Eaton set in Port-Royal in the early 17th century. In the early 1900s, chiefly under

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726-511: The intervening years to well over 10,000 and the Minas region (Wolfville and environs) quickly became the principal settlement. Acadia was a borderland region between the British and French empires, and this caused a complex socio-political environment to develop for the Acadians. Both the British and the French coaxed and threatened the Acadians in attempts to secure their loyalty, as is evidenced by

759-560: The leadership of Harriette Taber Richardson , a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts , and summer resident of the nearby town of Annapolis Royal , Nova Scotian preservationists and historians began lobbying the Government of Canada to build a replica of the Habitation which stood from 1605 until its destruction in 1613. The government agreed to have the replica built on the original site. Construction took place from 1939 to 1941 and

792-736: The north bank of the Annapolis Basin in Granville Ferry , Nova Scotia , Canada . The site is the location of the Habitation at Port-Royal, which was the centre of activity for the New France colony of Port Royal in Acadia from 1605 to 1613, when it was destroyed by English forces from the Colony of Virginia . The French colony of Port Royal, centered on the habitation, was the first successful attempt by Europeans to establish

825-617: The past few years, several Victorian houses in Wolfville have been converted to bed and breakfast establishments. From ancient times, the area of Wolfville was a hunting ground for First Nations peoples, including the Clovis , Laurentian , Bear River, and Shields Archaic groups. They were attracted by the salmon in the Gaspereau River and the agate stone at Cape Blomidon , with which they could make stone tools. Many centuries before European contact, Mi'kmaq people, related to

858-500: The rich bounty to be found in the Annapolis Valley area. French settlement efforts continued in fits and starts. By 1636 under Charles de Menou d'Aulnay , Port Royal was reestablished after Acadia/Nova Scotia was transferred from England to the French under the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye . The progeny of these settlers, as well as the second wave of settlers under Hector d'Andigné de Grandfontaine , would eventually become known as

891-462: The river is part of nature, not a theme-park: depending on the activity of the hydro dam that controls water levels and flow in the river there can be areas of powerful flow, overhanging obstacles or protruding rocks. Non-swimmers should wear life jackets and be in the company of competent swimmers. Gaspereau is also home to a canal (referred to as "The Canal" or "The Gaspereau Canal" or "White Rock Canal"). The 1.5 km long canal brings water from

924-603: The various oaths of allegiance each side attempted to extract from them. This complex situation led many Acadians to attempt to maintain a neutral path; while others openly supported either the French or the British. During the War of the Austrian Succession , the Acadians in the Wolfville area were implicated in the Battle of Grand Pré , during which a French military force, reinforced by Mi'kmaq and Acadian allies, defeated

957-549: Was based on a duplicate set of plans for the original Habitation that had been recently discovered in France. This was the first National Historic Site to have a replica structure built. Today, this replica serves as the cornerstone of Port-Royal National Historic Site, and, coupled with nearby Fort Anne National Historic Site in Annapolis Royal, continues to commemorate this important historic region for visitors. Today,

990-575: Was created in the Grand-Pré/Wolfville Area. Because of pressure on agricultural lands in New England , Anglophone farmers moved north in search of fertile land at a reasonable price. It is thought that between 1760 and 1789, more than 8,000 people known as New England Planters immigrated to the land around the Annapolis Valley. In 1763, there were 154 families living in the area of Horton Township. The New England Planters set up

1023-591: Was established with the assistance of the New Light evangelist Henry Alline . The Baptist movement remained strong in the area. In 1838 Acadia University was founded as a Baptist college. In 1830, the town of Mud Creek changed its name to Wolfville, in honour of Elisha DeWolf , the town's postmaster at the time. In the mid-19th century, Wolfville was renowned as the world's smallest port. The town became part of Canada with Confederation in 1867. The Windsor and Annapolis Railway arrived in 1868, later becoming

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1056-528: Was lost by the French crown after the English laid siege to Annapolis Royal . Under the 1713 Peace of Utrecht , signed at the close of the War of the Spanish Succession , Acadia was ceded for the final time to the British. For the next thirty-six years, until the establishment of Halifax in 1749, the British remained at Annapolis Royal and Canso. The French-speaking Catholic population grew over

1089-505: Was once described by Robert Ripley as the smallest in the world. On March 20, 1893, the Town was incorporated, with E. Perry Bowles elected as its first mayor. In 1985, the town was declared a nuclear free zone . Wolfville was declared Canada's first fair trade town on April 17, 2007. In May 2016, Wolfville was designated as the third Cittaslow in Canada. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Wolfville had

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