an ACADIE article

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Lafayette (LA) Daily Advertiser, February 23, 1999

Place names have changed from old Acadian times

by Jim Bradshaw

Place names in Acadie have changed since it was a French colony in the 18th century. Here are some of the important places mentioned in Acadian history and their modern names. Many Acadian place names came from the Micmac Indian language. In some instances, old French place names have simply been anglicized.

Abenaquis: Malecities
Annapolis-Nord: Granville
Annapolis-Sud: Annapolis Royal
Annarechaque: Arichat
Baie-Française: Bay of Fundy
Baie-Maringouin: Cumberland
Baie-des-Ouines: Baie-Ste.-Anne
Baie-des-Espagnols: Sydney
Bassin-des-Mines: Minas Basin
Beaubassin: Amherst
Canceau, Campseau: Canso
Cap Baptiste: Cape Blomidon
Cap-de-sable: Barrington
Cap-Fourchu: Yarmouth
Cap Fendu: Cape Split
Cap Lomeron: Yarmouth
Cap Neigre: Cape Negro
Chedabouctou: Guysborough
Chebouctou, Chibouctou: Halifax
Chedaîque, Gédaîque: St. John
Chetican, Le Chady: Cheticamp
Chipagan: Shippagan
Chipoudie, Chipoudy: Shepody
Cobequid: Truro
Chedabouctou: Guysboro
Fort Gaspareau: Port Elgin
Fort La Tour: Saint John
Fort Saint-Louis: Yarmouth
Fourchu: Yarmouth
Gaspereau: Cornwallis
Grand-Pré : Grand Pré
I'Havre l'Anglais: Louisbourg
Ile Royale: Cape Breton
Ile Sainte-Croix: Dochet Island
Ile Saint-Jean: Prince Edward Island
Kagibougouet : Kouchibouguac
La Grande-Anse: Orwell Bay
La Hève: La Have
Le Marais: Pownell Bay
La Mer Rouge: Northumberland Strait
La Coude: Moncton
Les Mines: Hantsport
Les Trois-Rivières: Georgetown
Malpèque: Richmond Bay
Medictec: Woodstock
Mirliguèche: Lunenburg
Nérichac, Nérichat: Arichat
Nipisiguit: Bathurst
Niganiche, Naganiche: Ingonish
Nigawac, Nigaouec: Néguac
Pentagouët: Penobscot
Pisiguid, Pisiquit: Windsor
Pesmacody: Passamaquoddy
Petcoudiak: Hillsborough
Plaisance: Placentia
Pobomcoup: Pubnico
Pointe Prime: Point Prim
Port Dauphin: St. Ann's
Port Toulouse: St. Ann's
Port-Lajoie: Charlottetown
Port Rochelais: Shelbourne
Port-Rossignol: Liverpool
Port Royal: Annapolis
Racico: Rustico
Rivière-aux-Canards: Canning
Rivière de I'Ouest: Elliot River
Rivière-des-Habitants: Inhabitant's River
Rivière-du-Dauphin: Annapolis River
Rivière-du-Nord: Yorke River
Rivière-du-Nord-est: Hillsborough River
Rivière Mesagoueche: Missaguash River.
Rivière Peugiguit: Pisiguid River
Rivière Pigiguid: Avon River
Ste-Anne-de-la-Baie-des-Espagnols: Sydney
Ste-Anne: Fredericton
Ste-Sauveur: Blue Hill
Tintamarre: Sackville
Tracadièche: Carleton

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