ACADIAN PLACE NAMES

What they were named orginally and what they are today

Quebec places have not been listed unless they were once part of Acadia. Since most Qu?bec 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 Fran?aise

Bassin des Mines
Batture (La)
Beaubassin
Beaus?jour
Beausoleil
Bocage (Le)
Bonnap?tit
Bourgeois (Colonie des)
Bouteillerie (La)
Butte-a-Roger (La)
Cap Fendu
Cap Fourchu
Cap Pele
Cap Saint-Louis
Cap Th?dore
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 ?cosse
Minas Basin, Nova Scotia
Sh?diac, New Brunswick
Amherst, Nova Scotia
Fort Cumberland, New Brunswick
Boundary Creek, New Brunswick
Petite Rivi?re, New Brunswick
Jonathan Creek, New Brunswick
Amherst, Nova Scotia
Kamouraska, Qu?bec
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
Cote d'Or
Coude (Le)
Cran (Le)
Douaguek
Ejetcaik
Ekoupag
Fort Duquesne
Fort Gaspareau
Fort Lameron
Fort Medotec
Fort Managou?che
Fort Pentagou?t
Fort Saint-Louis
Fort Sainte-Marie
Freneuse (Lac)
Fronsac
Gascogne
Gedaque
Gediac
Grand Habitant
Grande Anse
Grande Pr? des Mines
Grand Sault
Havre au Mage
Havre aux Castors
Havre aux Savages
Havre Fourchu
Ile au Pendu
Ile Latour
Ile La Valli?re
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
Shediac, 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
Sh?diac, New Brunswick
Sh?diac, New Brunswick
Kentville, Nova Scotia
Orwell Bay, Prince Edward Island
Grand Pre, 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
Lam?que, New Brunswick
Miscou Island, New Brunswick
St. John river, New Brunswick
Edmunston, New Brunswick




YESTERDAY

Mines (Les)
Ministigoucche
Mirligaiche
Mirliguesh
Missagou?che
Mistiguit
Nipisiguit
Paradis Terrestre (Le)
Paroisse L'Assomption
Passamaquody
Patameragouche
Pemaquid
Pentagou?t
Pesmocadie
Petitcodiac
Petite Rochelle (La)

Pisiguit
Plaisance
Planches (Les)
Pobocom
Pobomcoup
Pointe-?-Major (La)
Pointe-?-Martin
Pointe-au-P?re
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
Pree d'En Haut
Pree des Babineau
Pree des Bourgs
Pree des Habitants
Pree Ronde
Quisibis
Rassicot
Riviere 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, Qu?bec
Pointe-?-la-Croix, Qu?bec
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
Rivi?re Verte, New Brunswick
Rustico, Prince Edward Island
Aulac River, New Brunswick




YESTERDAY

Riviere aux Anguilles
Riviere Canibechis
Riviere Chacodi
Riviere de l'Ouest
Riviere des Vieux Habitants
Riviere du Nord
Riviere du Nord-Est
Riviere Medoctec
Riviere Ouagidemoac
Riviere Ramouctou
Riviere Ristigouchi
Riviere 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
Tracadieche
Trois-Rivieres
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
Shediac, New Brunswick
Dieppe, New Brunswick
Burnt Church, Nova Scotia
St. Louis, Kent County, New Brunswick
St. Marie, Kent County, New Brunswick
Moncton, New Brunswick
Riviere Verte, New Brunswick
Sackville, New Brunswick
Carleton, Qu?bec
Cardigan Bay, Prince Edward Island
Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia
Ruffes Hill, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
Annapolis, Nova Scotia Scotia
Grande Digue, New Brunswick


NOTES:

Source: Heritage Acadien pages 15 to 18.

The information on this page was accessed at ACGS - American Canadian Genealogical Society in Manchester, New Hampshire.


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Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home
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