Embodying the national awakening that saw Acadians take a renewed pride in their culture in the 19th and 20th centuries, the Monument-Lefebvre transcends time and place.
The Monument-Lefebvre was inaugurated in 1897 as a tribute to Father Camille Lefebvre who founded the first French language, degree-granting college in Atlantic Canada in 1864.
Reaching across social, economic, political, cultural and religious heritage, “Reflections of a Journey—The Odyssey of the Acadian People,” is an exhibit that begins with the arrival of French colonists in 1604, followed by the Expulsion of Acadians by the British (1755-1762) and spans the resurgence of contemporary Acadian pride and achievement ignited during the Acadian Renaissance. The exhibit also includes a contemporary portrait of the Acadian people.