Architecte: René Fréchet, de Moncton
Début de la construction: 1922
Dédiée par Mgr Leblanc de St-Jean le 16 août
1922
Extérieur terminé en 1923
Intérieur teminé en 1929
Ouverture au public en 1930
Construite en 1922 par « Moncton Builders,
limited »
It is built on a site donated to the Acadians by the Dominion
Atlantic Railway. It was built by the Société Nationale
de l'Assomption over a period of eight years. It cornerstone was
blessed in 1922 and in 1923 the exterior was completed. In 1930
the interior of the chapel was finished and the historic museum
opened to the public. The Memorial Chapel has never been used
as a church. It has served as an historic museum.
This chapel is in no way a replica of the St-Charles des Mines
Church. Unfortunately we don't have any documentation describing
the Grand-Pré church. However one can assume that the original
church was 2 to 3 times larger than this memorial church. Indeed
the 5th of September 1755 the original church was the prison of
418 Acadian men and boys.