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Grand Pre 
At one's feet lie those broad meadows of 
Grand Pre, for from these prairies the place 
derived its name. Far away shine the spires 
of the village churches. 
Beyond the valley and the villages is the 
wall of North Mountain, stopping abruptly at 
Minas' deep waters, its bold front of Blomidon 
defying the rushing tides. 
Minas Basin with its surging waters lies 
blue in the distance, deceptively smiling and 
peaceful seeming, on a fair day, like a calm 
spirit that nothing could perturb. Beyond 
Minas rise the low mountains of the Cobequid 
range. 
Not only the Cornwallis Valley lies revealed 
from this favoured spot, but wide reaches of 
country are seen in all directions, the high- 
lands across the Gaspereaux vying in loveliness 
with the beautiful valley. 
Meadow-land and orchard, barley and oat 
fields, smile before the doors of Grand Pre 
much as they did in the old times. Only then 
there were wheat and flax fields ; and flocks of 
sheep and herds of horses and cattle were also 
far more numerous, if the stories of those old 
times are true. To-day the people get their 
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