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Atlantic Northeast | |
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Left-right from top: Boston skyline, Bass Harbor Head Light, Western Brook Pond, Montreal skyline, Fundy National Park, Mount Washington, Halifax skyline | |
Nickname: Atlantica | |
Countries | Canada and United States |
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Languages | English dialects French dialects Other languages |
The Atlantic Northeast (French: Atlantique nord-est) is a geographic and cultural region of eastern North America bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and (loosely) by the Saint Lawrence River to the northwest. Though no official boundary exists, the most common conception includes the Maritime provinces, southern Quebec, and the island of Newfoundland in Canada, and the New England region of the United States. Broader conceptions reach further north into Canada, including Labrador and the Côte-Nord region of Quebec. Narrower conceptions may be limited to the coastal areas east of the Appalachian Mountains. The variety of definitions can be attributed to overlapping commonalities of the region's history, culture, geography, ecology, society, and other factors.