Louisiana, and most do not trace their roots to the French settlers of Acadia. Adventurers led by Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville moved from Fort Maurepas...

1627 and 1663, a few thousand colonists landed in New France, either in Acadia or Canada. The provinces that contributed the most to these migrations were...

conquests of Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC, and served as the lingua franca of much of the Mediterranean region and the Middle East during the...

1755, during the French and Indian War, the French-speaking population of Acadia was expelled by the British colonial government, in an event that has come...

exception of Francophone Canada rooted in Latin Europe [France]—see Quebec and Acadia) and the United States. Both countries are located in North America, with...

colony of Acadia (now Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island) made their way to Louisiana after having been expelled from Acadia by British...

indicate a path across stony or barren terrain, even across glaciers. In Acadia National Park, in Maine, the trails are marked by a special type of cairn...

Parisian French owing to history: most of the original settlers of Quebec, Acadia, and later what would become Louisiana and northern New England came from...

years, and in 1624 a dozen or so ships from Salé appeared on the coasts off Acadia or Nova Scotia. In 1631 Murad Reis led the Sack of Baltimore in Ireland...

continental New France territory (French Louisiana, French Canada, and Acadia). Imperial French policy makers worried that future conflicts could test...