Acadia (disambiguation)

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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

Canada

Municipal District of Acadia No. 34, Alberta
Acadia (electoral district), former district]], Alberta
Acadie (electoral district), former district in Montreal, Quebec
Acadia River, tributary of the Richelieu River, Quebec
Acadia University, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Pitcairn Islands

Acadia Islet, part of the Ducie Island atoll, Pitcairn Islands (British Overseas Territory), in the Pacific Ocean

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

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 Stop & Shop brand of spring water products
Acadia Pharmaceuticals
Acadia (technical partnership), a joint venture in storage between Cisco, EMC, VMWare and Intel