Unless they made it their on their own, no Acadians made their way to France at the time of the Exile. But that changed in 1758. When Louisburg fell, the Acadians on Ile Royale and Ile St. Jean ... over 3000 of them ... were sent to France. Their numbers were quickly reduced when 2 of the ships (Violet, Duke William) sank en route. Hundred more perished at sea or soon after arriving in France.

Ships carrying Acadians deported in 1758 arrived at the French port towns of St. Malo, Brest, and Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Acadians were already nearby at Falmouth and Southampton (England). They had been there since 1756 and would join the Acadians in France in 1763.

Stephen White is compiling a reconstructed set of ship lists for the Violet and the Duke William. It is based on the population of Ile St. Jean & Ile Royale before the exile, and those people who disappeared after 1758.