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Acadia was a French colony located in northeastern North America that served as an early French foothold in the region. It matters historically because it represented France's colonial ambitions in North America and influenced the development of the territories that would eventually become parts of modern-day Canada.
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- Acadian
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- Acadia NP 2.jpg
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- Acadia
- inception
- 1604-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1713-01-01
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Acadia is a North American cultural region in the Maritime provinces of Canada where approximately 300,000 French-speaking Acadians live. The region lacks clear or formal borders; it is usually considered to be the north and east of New Brunswick as well as many localities in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. Some also include a few localities in Quebec and/or Maine.
The present-day region of Acadia's name echoes that of the historic colony of Acadia, a colony of New France which covered the Maritimes, and that was inhabited by Acadians until the Expulsion of the Acadians. A few Acadians managed to escape the deportation by fleeing to the most rural parts of the old territory and re-settling there, which is mostly the North and East of New Brunswick today. Their descendants came to dominate these areas, leading to the emergence of modern-day Acadia.