The Maritimes of the bullet of providence in Anno domini 1860:
Nova Scotia: The oldest colony in the region, Nova Scotia, contained the cultures centers of both the Acadian and the British communities of the Maritimes: Grand-Pré and Halifax. Around these two great cities and these two communities were organised the life of the Nova Scotian society. Halifax, greatest British cities east of Lower Canada, second port of the empire after London and heartland of the British communities, was the center of coastal Nova Scotia: a rich and commercial area how was the pivot between Europe, central Canada and the East coast of the USA. This area provided the bulk of the English-speaking population of the colony, who can be numbered at 65% of its total population. By contrast, Grand-Pré, first true Acadian city, center of the cultural heritage of the Acadian community and home of the catholic primatiate of the Atlantic, was the center of the agricultural hinterland of the colony. This area functioned as a breadbasket for the commercial coast of Nova Scotia and contained most of the Acadian population of the colony, population who numbered 35% of the population of Nova Scotia.
New-Brunswick: If the cultural and religious center of Acadia was in Nova Scotia, in Grand-Pré, is political head and economic long was in New-Brunswick, in LeCoude. With an Acadian majority of 70% how ruled the entire province except it southwest area New-Brunswick is the center of any political power that could possibly be mustered by the Acadians at the time. The colonies was divided in 4 regions, each having is own economic and political importance. The north of the colony, very poor, lived mainly in agricultural and fisheries, the center of the province provided timbers and mining products, the southwestern coast of the colony, organised around the city of Saint-John and providing the bulk of the English-Speaking population of New-Brunswick, made is money by transforming and shipping the product collected in the center, last but not least, LeCoude and his surrounding, only true bilingual city of the province, was the home of the politicians and public servant of the colony, being is capital, and was a railroad center connecting Halifax with central Canada and the American East Coast. As in Nova Scotia and into the two other colonies of the region, the political scene was dominated by the people how fought victoriously for responsible government.
Cap-Breton and Saint-Jean Island: Apart from politician, public servant and businessmen in the shipping business living in the capital cities of Charlottetown and Louisburg the, almost exclusively Acadians, inhabitants of the two insular colonies were fisherman and farmers.
OCC: I decided to make this little summary of the situation because I am arriving at a turning point, both in the history of these ATL Acadians and of my writing process. We will take the time to check what is happening in Louisiana and after that it will be time to talk about the birth of ATL Canada. With confederation around the corner the butterflies are bound to escape the Maritimes and to spread all around Canada. The number of details I will need to take care off will grow accordingly.