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The first attempt by the French to establish a permanent settlement in Canada took place in Nova Scotia at Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal). Nova Scotia was known to the French as Acadia, possibly after the Micmac word meaning "plenty." The 19th-century American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow immortalized the land in his poem Evangeline, which, in a mixture of fact and fancy, concerns itself with the life of the Acadians, who were forced to flee Acadia by the British. "Nova Scotia" is the Latinized form of New Scotland and was named by the British. Nova Scotia," Microsoft® Encarta® 97 Encyclopedia.
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Nova Scotia, province of eastern Canada, consisting of a mainland peninsula, Cape Breton Island, and numerous small islands. The peninsula is connected to the mainland by the isthmus of Chignecto. Cape Breton Island is separated from the peninsula by the Strait of Canso. Nova Scotia is one of the Maritime provinces, along with Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick; it is also one of the Atlantic provinces (the Maritimes plus Newfoundland). Halifax is Nova Scotia's capital and largest city.
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