Canadian Maritime Provinces

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Canadian Maritime Provinces - the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

Maritime Provinces, Maritimes

Canada - a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"

Acadia - the French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces

New Brunswick - a province in southeastern Canada

Nova Scotia - the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns

Prince Edward Island - an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; the smallest province of Canada

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