Eldon is a community in Queens County,

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, Canada. Eldon is southeast of

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in the township of Lot 57.

History

The Acadians arrived in Pointe Prime, Ile St. Jean (present day Eldon, PEI) in 1750. According to the 1752 census,

Noel Doiron Noel or Noël may refer to: Christmas * , French for Christmas * Noel is another name for a Christmas carol Places * Noel, Missouri, United States, a city *Noel, Nova Scotia, Canada, a community *Noel Park, a suburb in Greater London, Engla ...

's family and many others arrived from the community of

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to escape hostilities after the establishment of Halifax (1749), which sparked

Father Le Loutre's War Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755), also known as the Indian War, the Mi'kmaq War and the Anglo-Mi'kmaq War, took place between King George's War and the French and Indian War in Acadia and Nova Scotia. On one side of the conflict, the Kingdo ...

. They built a church and several dwellings in the area during the eight years they were in the village. The whole community of Acadians died during the

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in the Ile Saint-Jean Campaign (1758). They were

deported Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people by a state from its Sovereignty, sovereign territory. The actual definition changes depending on the place and context, and it also changes over time. A person who has been deported or ...

on the Duke William, which sank in the English channel. The sinking of the Duke William was one of the worst marine disaster in Canadian history (as measured by Canadian lives lost).Shawn Scott and Tod Scott. Noel Doiron and the East Hants Acadians. The Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society: The Journal, 2008.

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Eldon, Prince Edward Island
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