Acadian Place Names Yesterday and Today

Québec places have not been listed unless they were once part of Acadia. Since most Québec places have retained the same names or have changed very little so that they are still easily identified it seems unnecessary to list them.

YESTERDAY Acadie Anse aux Habitants Anse des LeBlanc Arichat Aukpaque Cap Saint-Louis Cap Blanc Cap Poutrincourt Cap Fourchu Casco Baccareau Baie des Espagnols Baie des Mages Baie Française Bassin des Mines Batture (La) Beaubassin Beauséjour Beausoleil Bocage (Le) Bonnapétit Bourgeois (Colonie des) Bouteillerie (La) Butte-à-Roger (La) Cap Fendu Cap Fourchu Cap Pelé Cap Saint-Louis Cap Thédore Cap Traverse Casco (Fort) Cascumpec Chapelle (La) Chedabouctou Chezzacook

TODAY Nova Scotia Kingsport, Nova Scotia Clare, Nova Scotia Richmond, Nova Scotia Springhill, New Brunswick Cap George, Nova Scotia Cape Cod, Massachusetts Cape Split, Nova Scotia Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Portland, Maine Barrington, Nova Scotia Sydney, Nova Scotia Machias Bay, Maine Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia Baie de Fundy, Nouvelle Écosse Minas Basin, Nova Scotia Shédiac, New Brunswick Amherst, Nova Scotia Fort Cumberland, New Brunswick Boundary Creek, New Brunswick Petite Rivière, New Brunswick Jonathan Creek, New Brunswick Amherst, Nova Scotia Kamouraska, Québec Bute Roger (Amherst), Nova Scotia Cape Split, Nova Scotia Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Cape Bald, New Brunswick Cape George, Nova Scotia Cape Jeddore, Nova Scotia Borden, Prince Edward Island Portland, Maine Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island Moncton, New Brunswick Guysborough, Nova Scotia Halifax, Nova Scotia Church Creek, New Brunswick Mill Creek, New Brunswick

YESTERDAY Chibenakadie Chibouctou Chibouctouche Chignectou Chipoudy Cobequid Côte d'Or Coude (Le) Cran (Le) Douaguek Ejetcaik Ekoupag Fort Duquesne Fort Gaspareau Fort Lameron Fort Medotec Fort Managouèche Fort Pentagouët Fort Saint-Louis Fort Sainte-Marie Freneuse (Lac) Fronsac Gascogne Gedaque Gédiac Grand Habitant Grande Anse Grande Pré des Mines Grand Sault Havre au Mage Havre aux Castors Havre aux Savages Havre Fourchu Ile au Pendu Ile Latour Ile La Vallière Ile Royale Ile Saint-Jean Ilettes (Les) Jemseg (Fort) Madouaskak

TODAY Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia Halifax, Nova Scotia Bouctouche, New Brunwick Cumberland, New Brunswick Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick Truro, Nova Scotia Cocagne, New Brunswick Moncton, New Brunswick Stoney Creek (Moncton), New Brunswick Union City, Maine Shédiac, New Brunswick St. John River, New Brunswick Pittsburg, Massachusetts Port Elgin, New Brunswick Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Woodstock, New Brunswick St. John, New Brunswick Castine, Maine Fort Latour, New Brunswick Riverport, Nova Scotia Grand Lake, New Brunswick Canso, Nova Scotia Diligent River, Nova Scotia Shédiac, New Brunswick Shédiac, New Brunswick Kentville, Nova Scotia Orwell Bay, Prince Edward Island Grand Pré, Nova Scotia Grand Falls, New Brunswick Machias Port, Maine Beaver Harbour, Nova Scotia Savage Harbour, Prince Edward Island Yarmouth Bay, Nova Scotia Fox Island, New Brunswick Robert's Island, Nova Scotia Tonge's Island, Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Caraquet, New Brunswick Lamèque, New Brunswick Miscou Island, New Brunswick St. John river, New Brunswick Edmunston, New Brunswick

YESTERDAY Mines (Les) Ministigouèche Mirligaiche Mirliguesh Missagouèche Mistiguit Nipisiguit Paradis Terrestre (Le) Paroisse L'Assomption Passamaquody Patameragouche Pemaquid Pentagouët Pesmocadie Petitcodiac Petite Rochelle (La) Pisiguit Plaisance Planches (Les) Pobocom Pobomcoup Pointe-à-Major (La) Pointe-à-Martin Pointe-au-Père Pointe Malabarre Pointe Sainte-Anne Port-aux-Baleines Port-Lajoie Port Maltois Port-Rasoir Port Rochelois Port-Rossignol Port-Royal Port Sainte-Marguerite Port Toulouse Prée d'En Haut Prée des Babineau Prée des Bourgs Prée des Habitants Prée Ronde Quisibis Rassicot Rivière au Lac

TODAY Hantsport, Nova Scotia Barrington Head, Nova Scotia Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Amherst, Nova Scotia Barrington Head, Nova Scotia Bathurst, New Brunswick Paradise, Nova Scotia Windsor, Nova Scotia St. John River, New Brunswick Malagash, Nova Scotia Woolwich, Maine Penobscot (Castine), Maine Campobello Island, New Brunswick Sainte-Anselme, New Brunswick Ristigouche, Québec Pointe-à-la-Croix, Québec Windsor, Nova Scotia Newfoundland Amherst, Nova Scotia Touquet Island, Nova Scotia Pubnico, Nova Scotia Belliveau's Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia Campbelton, New Brunswick Ferguson Point, New Brunswick Nauset, Massachusetts Fredericton, New Brunswick Louisbourg, Nova Scotia Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Port Medway, Nova Scotia Shelburne, Nova Scotia Shelburne, Nova Scotia Liverpool, Nova Scotia Annapolis, Nova Scotia Weymouth, Nova Scotia St. Peters, Cape Breton Belliveau Village, New Brunswick Salisbury, New Brunswick Sackville, New Brunswick Minas Basin, Nova Scotia Round Hill, Nova Scotia Rivière Verte, New Brunswick Rustico, Prince Edward Island Aulac River, New Brunswick

YESTERDAY Rivière aux Anguilles Rivière Canibechis Rivière Chacodi Rivière de l'Ouest Rivière des Vieux Habitants Rivière du Nord Rivière du Nord-Est Rivière Medoctec Rivière Ouagidemoac Rivière Ramouctou Rivière Ristigouchi Rivière Saint-Jean Ruisseau du Renard Sainte-Anne Sainte-anne-des-Pays-Bas Saint-Pierre du Nord Shittyack Silvbro Skinouboudiche St-Louis-de-Kent, NB St-Marie-de-Kent, NB Terre Rouge Villge des Thibodeau Tintamarre Tracadièche Trois-Rivières Vieux Logis (Le) Villge des Gaudet Village des Melanson Visitation (La)

TODAY Eel River, New Brunswick Kennebecasis River, New Brunswick Barnaby River, New Brunswick Elliot River, Prince Edward Island Cornwallis, Nova Scotia York River, Prince Edward Island Hillsford River, Prince Edward Island Eel River, New Brunswick Canaan River, New Brunswick Oromocto River, New Brunswick Southwest Miramichi River, New Brunswick St. John River, New Brunswick Dieppe, New Brunswick Fredericton, New Brunswick Fredericton, New Brunswick St. Peter's Harbour, Prince Edward Island Shédiac, New Brunswick Dieppe, New Brunswick Burnt Church, Nova Scotia St. Louis, Kent County, New Brunswick St. Marie, Kent County, New Brunswick Moncton, New Brunswick Rivière Verte, New Brunswick Sackville, New Brunswick Carleton, Québec Cardigan Bay, Prince Edward Island Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia Ruffes Hill, Annapolis, Nova Scotia Annapolis, Nova Scotia Scotia Grande Digue, New Brunswick

NOTES:
Source: Héritage Acadien pages 15 to 18.

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