acadia

     

Acadia (in the French language Acadie) was the name given to lands in a portion of the French colonial empire of New France, in northeastern North America that included parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and modern-day Maine. At the end of the 16th century, France claimed (but never successfully occupied) territory stretching as far south as Philadelphia.

Trivia about acadia

  • It includes 3 present Atlantic provinces, & in the 18th C. 4,000 inhabitants of it took a long trip southwest
  • The Cajuns of Louisiana are descended from French settlers of this Canadian region
  • New England's only national park, it shares its name with homeland of Longfellow's Evangeline
  • It's the only National Park in all of New England
  • This national park occupies several small islands & part of Maine's coast
  • ...of U.S. national parks (also the easternmost)
  • Centered in Nova Scotia, it was the name applied by France to its Atlantic coastal possessions in North America
  • This park covers much of Maine's Mount Desert Island

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