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Maritime Provinces
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.
See: Maritimes
Traditionally the term refers to the listed provinces although Newfoundland is occasionally included by some modern writers. This dictionary uses the term Atlantic Provinces to include the Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland.
Quotations
1850
These Provinces are of two classes--first, the Inland Portions, watered only by great lakes and rivers, and, secondly, the Maritime Provinces.
1890
They will take a trip through Ontario, on their way to the Maritime Provinces.
1966
The Maritime provinces' famous lobster catch may have an up-and-coming rival in the North Atlantic queen crab. . . .