Portapique, Nova Scotia
Encyclopedia
Portapique is a community in the Canadian
province of Nova Scotia
, located in Colchester County
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Portapique is a corruption of the Acadian
word 'Porc-epic', meaning porcupine. The village was in fact named as such until the Acadians no longer lived there.
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...
province of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
, located in Colchester County
Colchester County, Nova Scotia
Colchester County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.-History:The appellation Colchester was applied in 1780 to the district previously called "Cobequid," and was derived from the town of Colchester in Essex...
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Portapique is a corruption of the Acadian
Acadian
The Acadians are the descendants of the 17th-century French colonists who settled in Acadia . Acadia was a colony of New France...
word 'Porc-epic', meaning porcupine. The village was in fact named as such until the Acadians no longer lived there.