Acadia (disambiguation)

Acadia is the region of northeastern North America which was established as a French colony in the 17th century, today comprising roughly the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, the Gaspé region of Quebec; and parts of the U.S. state of Maine.

Acadia may also refer to:

Places

Quebec, Canada

• Acadie (electoral district), former district in Montreal
• Acadia River, tributary of the Richelieu River

Alberta, Canada

• Municipal District of Acadia No. 34
• Acadia (electoral district), former district

Nova Scotia, Canada

• Acadia University, in Wolfville

United States

• Acadia National Park, in Maine
• Acadia Parish, Louisiana, established 1886
• A proposed partition of northern Maine; see List of U.S. state partition proposals § Maine

Other

• Acadia Islet, part of the Ducie Island atoll in the Pacific Ocean

Biology

• Acadia (gnat), a genus in the Mycetophilidae family of fungus gnats described by Vockeroth in 1980

Transport

• CSS Acadia, a museum ship in Halifax, Nova Scotia
• USS Acadia (AD-42), Yellowstone-class destroyer tender
• GMC Acadia, a 2007 crossover sport-utility vehicle (SUV)

Other uses

• ACADIA, a non-profit organization active in the area of computer-aided architectural design
• Acadia, a brand of spring water products available at Stop & Shop
• Acadia Pharmaceuticals
• Acadia (technical partnership), a joint venture in storage between Cisco, EMC, VMWare and Intel

See also

• Acadian (disambiguation)
• Acadie (disambiguation)
• Acca (disambiguation)
• Accadia, a town in Apulia, Italy
• Akkadian
• Arcadia (disambiguation)