Acadia

E34991
former French colony historical region

Acadia was a former French colony in northeastern North America, centered in what is now the Canadian Maritime provinces, known for its strategic coastal location and distinctive French-speaking Acadian culture.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Acadian Peninsula 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former French colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
capitalLaterKnownAs Annapolis Royal ⓘ
cededBy France ⓘ
cededInYear 1713 ⓘ
cededTo Great Britain ⓘ
cededUnderTreaty Treaty of Utrecht ⓘ
centeredIn Maritime Provinces ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Maritime provinces
claimedBy France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
colonizedBy Kingdom of France ⓘ
culturalLegacyIn Cajun communities in Louisiana ⓘ
modern Acadian communities in Canada ⓘ
deportationBeganInYear 1755 ⓘ
deportationCarriedOutBy British authorities ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Acadians ⓘ
firstPermanentFrenchSettlement Port Royal ⓘ
firstPermanentFrenchSettlementFoundedInYear 1605 ⓘ
hasCapital Port Royal ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
historicalTerritoryIncludes parts of present-day Maine ⓘ
present-day New Brunswick ⓘ
present-day Nova Scotia ⓘ
present-day Prince Edward Island ⓘ
involvedIn Anglo-French colonial conflicts ⓘ
King William's War ⓘ
Queen Anne's War ⓘ
knownFor Acadian culture ⓘ
French-speaking population ⓘ
strategic coastal location ⓘ
locatedIn New France ⓘ
northeastern North America ⓘ
mainReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from "Arcadia" ⓘ
nameUsedIn Acadia National Park ⓘ
notableEvent Expulsion of the Acadians ⓘ
surface form: Deportation of the Acadians

Grand Dérangement ⓘ
partOf French colonial empire ⓘ
primaryLanguage French ⓘ
successorTerritory Colony of Nova Scotia ⓘ
surface form: British Nova Scotia

New Brunswick ⓘ
Prince Edward Island ⓘ
timePeriodStartApprox early 17th century ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Acadian Peninsula
New France → includedRegion → Acadia ⓘ
King George's War → location → Acadia ⓘ
Acadian orogeny → namedAfter → Acadia ⓘ