Atlantic Provinces

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1 — Hist.

the Provinces of British North America in the Atlantic area.

Quotations

1855

To some persons, it may seem as absurd thus to connect the Atlantic Provinces with British Oregon . . . as to connect them . . . with New Zealand.

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and, after joining Canada in 1949, Newfoundland.

1869

I readily acknowledge that I am a firm believer in the benefit of the great scheme of Union, as applied to the Atlantic Provinces. . . .

1955

[They] will make a summer tour of Eastern Canada to include concerts in all four Atlantic provinces.

1964

. . . the Atlantic provinces have been trapped in a backwater of history. . . .