aboiteaux

Also very informative was the site of the early 17th-century Melanson farm, where major work has been done on Acadian aboiteaux.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

And in a new environment they found opportunities for economic development that required collective effort in the construction of dykes and aboiteaux.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

The aboiteaux, or earth and timber dykes of Acadia, were another important adaptation of coastal and river marsh cultures in Saintonge and Touraine to the American environment.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Also very informative was the site of the early 17th-century Melanson farm, where major work has been done on Acadian aboiteaux.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

The aboiteaux, or earth and timber dykes of Acadia, were another important adaptation of coastal and river marsh cultures in Saintonge and Touraine to the American environment.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

And in a new environment they found opportunities for economic development that required collective effort in the construction of dykes and aboiteaux.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

The fur trade was highly profitable, and the French fisheries were larger in 1635 than ever before, or since.2 Agriculture was taking root in seigneuries along the St. Lawrence Valley and behind the aboiteaux of Acadia.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

The fur trade was highly profitable, and the French fisheries were larger in 1635 than ever before, or since.2 Agriculture was taking root in seigneuries along the St. Lawrence Valley and behind the aboiteaux of Acadia.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Les aboiteaux en Acadie, hier et aujourd’hui Moncton, 1990.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Les aboiteaux en Acadie, hier et aujourd’hui Moncton, 1990.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008