The Acadian Peninsula is situated in the northeastern corner of New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, encompassing portions of Gloucester

Gloucester County, New Brunswick

Gloucester County is located in the northeastern corner of New Brunswick, Canada. Fishing, mining and forestry are the major industries in the county...

 and Northumberland

Northumberland County, New Brunswick

Northumberland County , having the largest area of any county in the province, is located in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada.-Geography:Northumberland County is covered by thick forests, whose products stimulate the economy...

 Counties. It derives its name from the large Acadian

Acadian

The Acadians are the descendants of the 17th-century French colonists who settled in Acadia . Acadia was a colony of New France...

 population located there. Two major islands off the northeast tip of the peninsula, Lamèque Island

Lamèque Island

Lamèque Island is a Canadian island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the northeastern tip of Gloucester County, New Brunswick.The island has an area measuring approximately 150 km². It is separated from mainland North America on the south by the Shippagan Gut with the island forming Lameque Bay,...

 and Miscou Island

Miscou Island

Miscou Island is a Canadian island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the northeastern tip of Gloucester County, New Brunswick.It is separated from neighbouring Lamèque Island to the southwest by the Miscou Channel with both islands forming Miscou Harbour....

, are culturally considered part of the Acadian Peninsula.

Most settlement in the peninsula occurred as a result of the Expulsion of the Acadians during the Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758)

Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758)

The Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign occurred during the French and Indian War when British forces raided villages along present-day New Brunswick and the Gaspé Peninsula coast of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Sir Charles Hardy and Brigadier-General James Wolfe were in command of the naval and...

, where British

Great Britain

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 personnel forcibly removed them from their homes, mostly in southern New Brunswick and Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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.

Fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

 is the dominant industry on the peninsula, with a large agricultural

Agriculture

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 sector as well. The disappearance of the Lady Audette and Lady Dorianne

Marc Guylaine

The Marc Guylaine was a Canadian herring seiner built in 1966, along with its two sister ships, the Lady Dorianne and Lady Audette. After its two sister ships both mysteriously sank in the Acadian peninsula, drowning nine men, and the only two other ships built to the same specifications met...

vessels in 1970/71 shocked the peninsula. Peat

Peat

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts of the world...

 bogs are found in the Shippagan and Lameque areas.

Major towns on the Acadian Peninsula include:

• Caraquet
  Caraquet, New Brunswick
  Caraquet is a Canadian town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.-Location:Situated on the shore of Chaleur Bay in the Acadian Peninsula, its name is derived from the Mi'kmaq term for meeting of two rivers...
  
  
• Shippagan
  Shippagan, New Brunswick
  Shippagan is a Canadian town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.Located in the northeastern part of the Acadian Peninsula, a combination bridge-causeway connects the town with Lamèque Island to the northeast. Approximately 99% of the town's residents are Francophone.The town was founded by the...
  
  
• Tracadie
  Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick
  Tracadie-Sheila [prn Tra-k-a-dee Sh-ī-la] is a Canadian town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.Tracadie and Sheila are separate communities whose municipal governments were merged in 1991...
  
  
• Neguac
  Neguac, New Brunswick
  Neguac is a Canadian village in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.Situated on the north shore of Miramichi Bay at the southern end of the Acadian Peninsula, the village is located 44 kilometres northeast of Miramichi...
  
  
• Lamèque
  Lamèque, New Brunswick
  Lamèque is a Canadian town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.A Francophone community, it is situated on Lamèque Island, off the northeastern tip of the Acadian Peninsula...
  
  (on Lamèque Island)