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Acadia
Colony in north-eastern North America

Acadia

Acadia was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River.

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Settlers primarily came from the southwestern regions of France, including Poitou-Charentes and the Aquitaine region, as well as Poitou and Anjou. The territory was inhabited by various First Nations of the Wabanaki Confederacy who referred to the region as Dawnland.

See

Worth seeing

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    Moncton Acadian Museum

    Pavillon Clément-Cormier, 405 avenue de l’Université, Moncton (at the Université de Moncton).

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    Acadian Museum of Prince Edward Island
  3. 03
    Acadian Historical Village of Nova Scotia
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    Acadian Museum of Quebec
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    Acadian House Museum
  6. 06
    Fortress of Louisbourg
Do

Things to do

National Acadian Day (Fête nationale de l'Acadie). The National Acadian Day is observed in Canada each year on August 15, to celebrate Acadian culture. Parades, concerts, music, and activities in small and large Acadian communities, including the inevitable tintamarre, a joyous procession during which Acadians show their pride and good humour under a sea of ​​flags in an exuberant concert of pots, spoons, musical…

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: King of Hearts (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.