Nova Scotia - the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns

peninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

Canadian Maritime Provinces, Maritime Provinces, Maritimes - the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

Canadian province - Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes

Cape Breton Island - an island that forms the northeastern part of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia - a peninsula in eastern Canada between the Bay of Fundy and the Saint Lawrence River

Halifax - provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia

Cape Sable - a promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia