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The Passamaquoddy (" Peskotomuhkati " or " Pestomuhkati " in the Passamaquoddy language ) are a American ___MASK53___ / First Nations people who live in northeastern North America , primarily in ___MASK99___ and New Brunswick . They live along the waters of Passamaquoddy Bay and the rivers that flow to it . Etymology . The name " Passamaquoddy " is an Anglicization of the Passamaquoddy word " peskotomuhkati ", the prenoun form ( prenouns being a linguistic feature of Algonquian languages ) of " Peskotomuhkat " (" pestmohkat "), their autonym or name they applied to themselves . Peskotomuhkat literally means " pollock - spearer " or " those of the place where pollock are plentiful ", reflecting the importance of this fish in their culture . Their method of fishing was spear - fishing rather than angling or using nets . Passamaquoddy Bay is shared by both New Brunswick and ___MASK99___ ; its name was derived by English settlers from the Passamaquoddy people . ___MASK54___ ( French : ) is a country in the ___MASK42___ half of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . ___MASK54___ ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . ___MASK54___ is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the country ' s population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is ___MASK85___ , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , ___MASK21___ , Edmonton , ___MASK89___ City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . ___MASK88___ Edward Island ( PEI or P . E . I .) is a province of Canada consisting of the island of the same name , as well as several much smaller islands . ___MASK99___ is the northernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States . ___MASK99___ is the 39th most extensive and the 41st most populous of the U . S . states and territories . It is bordered by New Hampshire to the west , the Atlantic Ocean to the east , and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the north . ___MASK99___ is the easternmost state in the contiguous United States , and the northernmost east of the Great Lakes . It is known for its jagged , rocky coastline ; low , rolling mountains ; heavily forested interior , and picturesque waterways ; and also its seafood cuisine , especially clams and lobster . There is a continental climate throughout the state , even in coastal areas such as its most populous city of Portland . The capital is Augusta . The Bay ___MASK95___ Fundy is a bay on the Atlantic coast ___MASK95___ North America , on the northeast end ___MASK95___ the Gulf ___MASK95___ ___MASK99___ between the Canadian provinces ___MASK95___ New Brunswick and Nova Scotia , with a small portion touching the U . S . state ___MASK95___ ___MASK99___ . Some sources believe the name " Fundy " is a corruption ___MASK95___ the French word " Fendu ", meaning " split ", while others believe it comes from the Portuguese " funda ", meaning " deep ". The bay was also named Baie Française ( French Bay ) by explorer - cartographer Samuel de Champlain during a 1604 expedition led by Pierre Dugua , Sieur de Monts which resulted in a failed settlement attempt on St . Croix Island . Herring Cove Provincial Park is a provincial park located on ___MASK77___ , New Brunswick . Passamaquoddy Bay is an inlet ___MASK95___ the Bay ___MASK95___ Fundy , between the U . S . state ___MASK95___ ___MASK99___ and the Canadian province ___MASK95___ New Brunswick , at the mouth ___MASK95___ the St . Croix River . Most ___MASK95___ the bay lies within Canada , with its western shore bounded by Washington County , ___MASK99___ . The southernmost point is formed by West Quoddy Head on the U . S . mainland in Lubec , ___MASK99___ ; and runs northeasterly through Campobello Island , New Brunswick , engulfing Deer Island , New Brunswick , to the New Brunswick mainland head at L ' Etete , New Brunswick in Charlotte County , New Brunswick . ___MASK43___ is one of Canada ' s three Maritime provinces ( together with ___MASK88___ Edward Island and Nova Scotia ) and is the only constitutionally bilingual ( English  French ) province . Fredericton is the capital , Moncton is the largest metropolitan ( CMA ) area and ___MASK90___ is the most populous city . In the 2011 nationwide census , Statistics Canada estimated the provincial population to have been 751 , 171 , being on an area of almost 73 , 000 km . The majority of the population is English - speaking , but there is also a large Francophone minority ( 33 %), chiefly of Acadian origin . The current premier of the province is Brian Gallant . It was created as a result of the partitioning of the British colony of Nova Scotia in 1784 . The provincial flag features a ship superimposed on a yellow background with a yellow " lion passant guardant " on red pennon above it . ___MASK55___ is a city located in Westmorland County in the southeastern portion ___MASK95___ the province ___MASK95___ ___MASK43___ , Canada . Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley , ___MASK55___ lies at the geographic centre ___MASK95___ the Maritime Provinces . The city has earned the nickname " Hub City " due to its central inland location in the region and its history as a railway and land transportation hub for the Maritimes . Acadia was a colony ___MASK95___ New ___MASK12___ in northeastern North America that included parts ___MASK95___ eastern ___MASK89___ , the Maritime provinces , and modern - day ___MASK99___ to the Kennebec River . During much ___MASK95___ the 17th and early 18th centuries , Norridgewock on the Kennebec River and Castine at the end ___MASK95___ the Penobscot River were the southernmost settlements ___MASK95___ Acadia . The actual specification by the French government for the territory refers to lands bordering the Atlantic coast , roughly between the 40th and 46th parallels . Later , the territory was divided into the British colonies which became Canadian provinces and American states . The population ___MASK95___ Acadia included members ___MASK95___ the Wabanaki Confederacy and descendants ___MASK95___ emigrants from ___MASK12___ ( i . e ., Acadians ). The two communities intermarried , which resulted in a significant portion ___MASK95___ the population ___MASK95___ Acadia being Métis . ___MASK77___ is an island located at the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay , adjacent to the entrance to Cobscook Bay , and within the Bay of Fundy . The island is one of the Fundy Islands and is part of ___MASK44___ , New Brunswick , Canada . ___MASK77___ is also the name of a rural community including the entire Parish of Campobello . The island has no ___MASK76___ connection to the rest of Canada ; though there is a bridge connecting it to nearby Lubec , ___MASK99___ in the United States . To reach mainland Canada by car without crossing an international border requires two separate ferry trips , the first to nearby Deer Island , then from Deer Island to L ' Etete . A provincial park ( or territorial park ) is a park administered by one ___MASK95___ the provinces ___MASK95___ a country , as opposed to a national park . They are similar to state parks in other countries . They are typically open to the public for recreation . Their environment may be more or less strictly protected . ___MASK72___ , Belgium , Canada and South Africa are among the countries that have provincial parks . ___MASK44___ ( 2011 population 26 , 549 ) is located in the southwestern portion of New Brunswick , Canada . The courthouse and gaol for the county were located in St . Andrews , but now serve only as a tourist attraction , as the civic functions have been transferred to St . Stephen . A province is almost always an administrative division , within a country or state . The term derives from the ancient Roman " provincia ", which was the major territorial and administrative unit ___MASK95___ the ___MASK56___ ' s territorial possessions outside Italy . The term province has since been adopted by many countries , and in those with no actual provinces , it has come to mean " outside the capital city ". While some provinces were produced artificially by colonial powers , others were formed around local groups with their own ethnic identities . Many have their own powers independent ___MASK95___ federal authority , especially in Canada . In other countries , like ___MASK28___ , provinces are the creation ___MASK95___ central government , with very little autonomy . ___MASK52___ is the capital ___MASK95___ the Canadian province ___MASK95___ ___MASK43___ . The city is situated in the west - central portion ___MASK95___ the province along the ___MASK90___ River , which flows west to east as it bisects the city ; it is the dominant natural feature ___MASK95___ the area . One ___MASK95___ the main urban centres in ___MASK43___ , the city had a population ___MASK95___ 56 , 224 in the 2011 census . It is the third - largest city in the province after ___MASK90___ and Moncton . Cobscook Bay is located in ___MASK9___ in the state of ___MASK99___ . It opens into Passamaquoddy Bay , within the Bay of Fundy . Cobscook Bay is immediately south of the island city of Eastport , the main island of which ( Moose Island ) straddles the two bays . In the 1930s , Cobscook Bay was part of the aborted Passamaquoddy Bay Tidal Power Project ( a . k . a ., " Quoddy Dam Project ") to generate electricity from its large tidal range . A ___MASK65___ is a park in use for conservation purposes . Often it is a reserve ___MASK95___ natural , semi - natural , or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns . Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently , there is a common idea : the conservation ___MASK95___ ' wild nature ' for posterity and as a symbol ___MASK95___ national pride . An international organization , the International Union for Conservation ___MASK95___ Nature ( IUCN ), and its World Commission on Protected Areas , has defined " National Park " as its " Category II " type ___MASK95___ protected areas . Statistics ___MASK54___ , which was formed in 1971 , is the Government ___MASK95___ ___MASK54___ government agency commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand ___MASK54___ , its population , resources , economy , society , and culture . Its headquarters is in ___MASK85___ . An island or isle is any piece ___MASK95___ sub - continental land that is surrounded by water . Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets , skerries , cays or keys . An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait , and a small island off the coast may be called a holm . A grouping ___MASK95___ geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago , e . g . the ___MASK40___ . Lubec is a town in ___MASK9___ , ___MASK99___ , United States . The population was 1 , 359 at the 2010 census . Lubec is the easternmost town in the contiguous United States ( see Extreme points of the United States ) and is the closest continental location to Africa in the United States . ___MASK74___ Africa , officially the Republic ___MASK95___ ___MASK74___ Africa ( RSA ), is the southernmost country in Africa . It is bounded on the south by ___MASK95___ coastline ___MASK95___ Southern Africa stretching along the ___MASK74___ Atlantic and ___MASK53___ Oceans , on the north by the neighbouring countries ___MASK95___ ___MASK100___ , Botswana and Zimbabwe , and on the east and northeast by Mozambique and ___MASK19___ , and surrounding the kingdom ___MASK95___ Lesotho . ___MASK74___ Africa is the 25th - largest country in the world by land area , and with close to 56 million people , is the world ' s 24th - most populous nation . It is the southernmost country on the mainland ___MASK95___ the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere . It is the only country that borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the ___MASK53___ Ocean . About 80 percent ___MASK95___ ___MASK74___ Africans are ___MASK95___ Sub - Saharan African ancestry , divided among a variety ___MASK95___ ethnic groups speaking different Bantu languages , nine ___MASK95___ which have official status . The remaining population consists ___MASK95___ Africa ' s largest communities ___MASK95___ European ( white ), Asian ( ___MASK53___ ), and multiracial ( coloured ) ancestry . State or provincial parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub - national level within those nations which use " state " or " province " as a political subdivision . State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account ___MASK95___ its natural beauty , historic interest , or recreational potential . There are state parks under the administration ___MASK95___ the government ___MASK95___ each U . S . state , and ___MASK95___ some the Mexican states . The term is also used in the Australian state ___MASK95___ ___MASK5___ . The Canadian equivalent term is provincial park . Similar systems ___MASK95___ local government maintained parks exist in other countries , but the terminology varies . ___MASK41___ ( Latin for " New ___MASK25___ "; French : " Nouvelle - Écosse ") is one of Canada ' s three Maritime provinces , and one of the four provinces which form Atlantic Canada . Its provincial capital is Halifax . ___MASK41___ is Canada ' s second - smallest province , with an area of , including Cape Breton and another 3 , 800 coastal islands . As of 2011 , the population was 921 , 727 , making ___MASK41___ the second most - densely populated province in Canada with almost . The Fundy Islands , also known as the " Fundy Isles ", is a term given to a group ___MASK95___ Canadian islands in the Bay ___MASK95___ Fundy along the southwestern coast ___MASK95___ ___MASK43___ , Canada , in the provincial county ___MASK95___ Charlotte . There are over 25 islands within this group including several parishes including the West Isles . Some ___MASK95___ the larger islands are inhabited year - round while some ___MASK95___ the smaller islands may have seasonal residents . The largest ___MASK95___ the islands is Grand Manan with the second and third largest islands being ___MASK77___ and Deer Island respectively . Deer Island shares its coastline with not only the Bay ___MASK95___ Fundy , but also Passamaquoddy Bay to its north . Smaller island exist along each ___MASK95___ the larger islands as well as within Passamaquoddy Bay and along the ___MASK43___ ___MASK49___ . Some ___MASK95___ these islands include White Head Island ( situated off Grand Manan ' s southeast coast ), Macs Island and Pendelton Island ( both situated between Deer Island and the ___MASK43___ ___MASK49___ ), Minister ' s Island and Hospital Island ( situated in Passamaquoody Bay ).