Maritime Provinces

Maritime Provinces

The Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, bordering on the Atlantic Ocean. They were politically distinct until joining the Canadian confederation in 1867.

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Mari·timer n.

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Maritime Provinces, Maritimes

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(Placename) the. another name for the Atlantic Provinces but often excluding Newfoundland

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