Acadian Peninsula

	Acadian Peninsula
	; The Acadian Peninsula
	Geographical location
Coordinates	47 ° 30 '0 " N , 65 ° 10' 0" W Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '0 " N , 65 ° 10' 0" W.
Waters 1	Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Waters 2	Chaleur Bay
	; Landscape on the coast of the Acadian Peninsula

The Acadian Peninsula ( English Acadian Peninsula , French Péninsule acadienne ) comprises the northeast of the Canadian Atlantic province of New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick . It is located in the southwest of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Baie des Chaleurs . The name of the peninsula was derived from the French-speaking population, the Acadians , who have lived here since the middle of the 18th century . From a cultural point of view, the two islands of Lamèque and Miscou , located off the northeastern tip of the peninsula, are also included in this area.

history

Individual French trading posts had been set up in the region as early as the 17th century. The actual settlement of the peninsula did not begin until after 1755. This year, British military authorities began to deport all Acadians settling in their sphere of influence to the English colonies to the south . This affected first and foremost those settlers who were at home in what is now the mainland Nova Scotia , an area that was then also known as the Acadian Peninsula . Only a minority of the Acadians managed to evade the deportation measures by fleeing to French-controlled areas. Many of these refugees were ultimately among the first settlers on the (new) Acadian Peninsula. Later, returned academics who were deported followed, because the British authorities refused to allow them to resettle in their old homeland on the mainland Nova Scotia.

economy

The most important industry on the peninsula is fishing , followed by the agricultural sector. There are numerous peat bogs in the Shippigan area and on the opposite island of Lameque , which are an important factor in the economic growth of the area.

Localities

The most important place on the peninsula is the small town of Caraquet . Although it only has 4,000 inhabitants, it is considered the cultural capital of the Atlantic-Canadian Acadians. Other important places are Shippigan , Tracadie , Neguac and Lamèque on Lamèque Island.

literature

Ingo Kolboom , Roberto Mann: Acadia, a French dream in America. Four centuries of academic history and literature . Synchron Wissenschaftsverlag der Authors, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-935025-54-8 .
Melvin Gallant: Le pays d'Acadie . Éditions d'Acadie, Moncton NB 1980, ISBN 2-7600-0051-6 .
- English: The country of Acadia . Simon & Pierre, Toronto 1986, ISBN 0-88924-143-0 (translation by Elliot Shek).
Yves Cazaux: L'Acadie. Histoire des Acadiens. You XVIIe siècle à nos jours . Albin Michel, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-226-05392-1 .