Tracadie is a small community in the

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province of

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, located in

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. Tracadie has close links with nearby Upper Big Tracadie. Led by Thomas Brownspriggs, Tracadie was settled by

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s in the early 18th century.Black Loyalist Heritage Society
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established the first of their Canadian houses at Tracadie, in 1938.

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Tracadie on Destination Nova Scotia

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