 They created rich pastures for their animals and fertile fields for their crops.Grand-Pré became the bread basket of Acadia, soon outgrew Port-Royal, and by the mid-18th century was the largest of the numerous Acadian communities around the Bay of Fundy and the coastline of Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland").During Queen Anne's War, the Raid on Grand Pré (1704) happened and Major Benjamin Church burned the entire village.