Acadian Coast

The Acadian Coast is a name which is applied by historians to the section of Louisiana along the Mississippi River that was settled by the exiled Acadians, beginning in 1764. [1][2][3]

This article is about the region of Louisiana. For the region of New Brunswick, see Acadian Peninsula.

While applying particularly to the present Saint James Parish, the term is sometimes used to designate the Acadian settlements just up the Mississippi in Ascension Parish.

The Acadian Coast can also apply to the east coast of New Brunswick (north east to south east), where the large majority of the population and communities are Acadian, these regions have been populated by the Acadians since the British forced the returned Acadians following their expulsion to settle on the Eastern shores of New Brunswick.

See also

References
  1. Sidney Albert Marchand (1943). Acadian Exiles in the Golden Coast of Louisiana. The Author. p. 30.
  2. Lillian C. Bourgeois (23 September 2010). Cabanocey: The History, Customs and Folklore of St. James Parish. Pelican Publishing. pp. 14–. ISBN 978-1-4556-0170-7.
  3. "Acadian Arrival in Louisiana". Louisiane Acadien. Retrieved 2019-11-30.


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