I haven't said hello Joe, although I noticed your name soon as I saw it.
In about 1984 I was passing through New Orleans for a couple of days and spent one of them at the New Orleans worlds fair. Canada had a very impressive pavilion there with a rather lengthy film of the French/Indian/European mixture that landed in Louisiana in the late 17, early 1800s. It was a fabulous rendition of their heritage.
Seems a large number had left Canada for Arkansas, even though they were not certain exactly where it was, they landed mostly in Louisiana, and came to be known as Arcadians.
I am southern by birth, Okie by the grace of God, but the years I worked in the southern oil fields mostly offshore TX and LA gave me a great respect for the French and Indian peoples, and that Canada pavilion was a wonder in itself