PROPERTY OF U.P.EI. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE MARITIME PROVINCES 
     
     CANADA 
     
    
   
   
    
     Historical Introduction 
     
    
   
   
    
     N Canada’s Atlantic provinces of New 
     
     Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward 
     
     Island, collectively known as the Maritime 
     
    

    
     Provinces or the Maritimes, were enacted many 
     
     years ago those scenes of noble heroism in 
     
     exploration, warfare, and land settlement that 
     
     adorn the pages of Canadian history and were 
     
     the prelude to events of grave consequence to 
     
     future generations of the North American 
     
     continent. And it is this historical link 
     
     between the Old and New Worlds that gives 
     
     to this eastern corner of the Dominion enduring 
     
     charm. 
     
    

    
     The accepted discoverer of Nova Scotia was 
     
     John Cabot in 1497 and of New Brunswick and 
     
     Prince Edward Island Jacques Cartier in 1534. 
     
    

    
     The French name ‘Acadie’, at first denoting 
     
     a part of the peninsula, was extended to Cape 
     
     Breton island and to ‘Ile de St. Jean’ (Prince 
     
     Edward Island), and after the cession of Acadia 
     
     to the British in 1713 was pressed to, include 
     
     that part of the mainland which is now New 
     
     Brunswick. 
     
    

    
     In 1621 James I gave Acadia to Sir William 
     
     Alexander, who changed the name to Nova 
     
    

    
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