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ACADIA 
ACADIA is the original French name 
for Nova Scotia. It is said to come 
from the Indian cadie or kadi, which 
means " abounding in," and is often 
found as an affix in the names of places, as, for 
instance, Shubenacadie, " abounding in ground- 
nuts," and the euphonious and simple Ap- 
chechkumoochwakadi, " abounding in black 
ducks." 
While " Acadia " was in a general way 
applied to the whole of Nova Scotia, to 
most minds it now has a more restricted 
meaning. 
We think of it as that Utopia where Long- 
fellow's Evangeline lived and loved, and whence 
her people were driven forth. It is a land of 
poetry, reclaimed from the sea by the dikes of 
the old Acadian farmers, and by the traveller is 
looked for in what is known as the Cornwallis 
Valley. 
Poetry often vanishes in the presence of the 
reality, and one's first thought upon entering 
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