Acadian Museum
Musée Acadien
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Since April 1, 1996, the Acadian Museum has been one of the seven sites of the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation, the province’s museum network. The Museum and Heritage Foundation of Prince Edward Island operates seven provincial museums and heritage sites, providing Islanders and visitors with the opportunity to discover our Island’s heritage and culture.
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Talk by Phyllis LeBlanc
Geographic mobility among single Prince Edward Island women at the turn of the 20th century: a case study of 605 women of French ethnic origin
Date : November 1, 2026
Time : 3 p.m.
Location : Acadian Museum of Prince Edouard Island
The Acadian Museum of Prince Edward Island and the Société historique acadienne (SHA) invite you to a lecture by Phyllis LeBlanc titled: “Geographic mobility among single Prince Edward Island women at the turn of the 20th century: a case study of 605 women of French ethnic origin”. The lecture will take place on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. at the Acadian Museum of Prince Edward Island (23 Main Dr E, Miscouche). The event will also be available online via Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87462911507?pwd=AadrlvmwB61dan3jy5rN9mBR7V275i.1
Although historians of the Maritimes have studied migration, both regional and transnational, we still know very little on the geographic mobility of single, adult women. This presentation will help fill this gap. Information provided to border agents at Vanceboro, Maine by 605 single, Prince Edward Island women of French ethnic origin provides personal, professional and cultural information which allows us to better understand the reasons for their mobility, both within the Maritime provinces and to the United States, and the strategies underlying their migration. Their collective experience reflects the transformations occurring in the regional, rural economy. The lecture will then present a unique migration story, that of Alma Buote, a well-known figure of Acadian origin, and one of the 605 women of French ethnic origin who migrated to the United States between 1906 and 1940.
Phyllis E. LeBlanc, Ph. D. (history), is an adjunct professor at the Department of History and Geography, Université de Moncton, since 2025. Her research focusses on 19th and 20th social and economic history of Acadians and, more recently, of Acadian women of the Maritimes. Her most recent research traces the geographic mobility of single, adult women of French ethnic origin. Her article: « Expérience de la migration chez un groupe de femmes célibataires d’origine française de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard, 1906-1940 » published in Recherches sociographiques : LXV, 2-3, 2024, p. 333-360, was awarded the Andrée Fortin Prize (2024). Her most recent article : « Le rapport à l’urbanité chez des groupes féministes à Moncton des années 1960 et 1970 » will appear in 2026, in an issue of Francophonies d’Amérique dedicated to francophones and their relationship to the urban environment.
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Prices
Entrance fees for Summer 2026 to the Acadian Museum
of Prince Edward Island:
Adult: $12 + tax
Senior: $10 + tax
Student: $10 + tax
Family: $36 + tax
Group of adults: $6 + tax / person
Prince Edward Island Museum & Heritage Foundation passport to all 7 sites:
Entrance fees for off-season 2026-2027 to the
Acadian Museum of Prince Edward Island:
Adult: $10 + tax
Senior: $8 + tax
Student: $8 + tax
Family: $32 + tax
Group of adults: $6 + tax / person
Prince Edward Island Museum & Heritage Foundation passport to all 7 sites: