Acadia (disambiguation)

Acadia is the region of northeastern North America which was established as a French colony in the 17th century, today comprising roughly the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, the Gaspé region of Quebec; and parts of the U.S. state of Maine.

Acadia may also refer to:

Canada

 * Municipal District of Acadia No. 34, Alberta
 * Acadia (federal electoral district), former district, Alberta
 * Acadie (electoral district), former district in Montreal, Quebec
 * Acadia (region)
 * Acadia River, tributary of the Richelieu River, Quebec
 * Acadia University, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Pitcairn Islands

 * Acadia Islet, part of the Ducie Island atoll, Pitcairn Islands (British Overseas Territory), in the Pacific Ocean

United States

 * Acadia National Park, in Maine
 * Acadia Parish, Louisiana, established 1886
 * A proposed partition of northern Maine; see

Biology

 * Acadia (genus), a genus in the Mycetophilidae family of fungus gnats described by Vockeroth in 1980

Transport

 * CSS Acadia, a museum ship in Halifax, Nova Scotia
 * USAHS Acadia, SS Acadia (1932) converted to Army hospital ship 1941
 * USS Acadia (AD-42), Yellowstone-class destroyer tender
 * GMC Acadia, a 2007 crossover sport-utility vehicle (SUV)

Other uses

 * ACADIA, a non-profit organization active in the area of computer-aided architectural design
 * Acadia, a Stop & Shop brand of spring water products
 * Acadia Pharmaceuticals
 * Acadia (technical partnership), a joint venture in storage between Cisco, EMC, VMWare and Intel
 * Acadia trees in RuneScape, an intentional misspelling of Acacia