DCHP-3

Maritime province

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1 — Obs.

any of the provinces of British North America lying on the eastern seaboard; the present Atlantic Provinces (def. 1).

Quotations

1863
It is probable that a general Union may be proceded by the Union of the "Maritime" Provinces.
1872
The island of Newfoundland was the least settled of any of the Maritime provinces of Canada.
2

any of the Maritime Provinces.

Quotations

1924
There might be seventeen captains of clan MacKenzie at one time sailing out of Pictou, but nothing ever shook the primacy of Yarmouth as the most maritime county of a maritime province.
1942
In a few moments . . . a Nova Scotia sunset of no mean proportions was attempting to outdo every other impression I had received from my first holiday in this Maritime Province.
1954
There is narrative verse, too, to be enjoyed, particularly by readers who cherish memories of Maritime Province neighborliness and friendliness.