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: Places Canada Municipal District of Acadia No. 34, Alberta Acadia (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 See also Acadiana Acadian (disambiguation) Acadie (disambiguation) Accadia, a town in Apulia, Italy Akadia (disambiguation) Akkadian (disambiguation) Arcadia (disambiguation) Cascadia (disambiguation)