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Map of northeastern North America highlighting the historical region of Acadia in orange, located in present-day eastern Canada, including parts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Surrounding geographic features such as the Atlantic Ocean, Hudson Bay, Greenland, and the United States are also labeled for context.
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Map of northeastern North America highlighting the historical region of Acadia in orange, located in present-day eastern Canada, including parts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Surrounding geographic features such as the Atlantic Ocean, Hudson Bay, Greenland, and the United States are also labeled for context.
Acadia, North American Atlantic seaboard Acadia, North American Atlantic seaboard possession first claimed by France in 1604.

Acadia

historical region, Canada
Also known as: Acadie
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Acadia, North American Atlantic seaboard possessions of France in the 17th and 18th centuries. Centred in what are now New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, Acadia was probably intended to include parts of Maine (U.S.) and Quebec. The first organized French settlement in Acadia was founded in 1604 on an island in Passamaquoddy Bay, on the present U.S.-Canadian border, by Pierre du Gua de Monts and Samuel de Champlain. In 1605 the colony...

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