What is The Maritimes?
[[File:The Maritimes in Canada.svg|300px|thumb|Map of the Maritimes: [[New Brunswick]], [[Nova Scotia]], and [[Prince Edward Island]]]] '''The Maritimes''', or the '''Maritime Provinces''', is a [[region]] of Eastern [[Canada]] with three [[province]]s: [[New Brunswick]], [[Nova Scotia]], and [[Prince Edward Island]]. They, along with [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], form [[Atlantic Canada]]. Some people have proposed merging all three provinces into a single province, called the Maritime Union. [[England]], [[Scotland]], and [[France]] settled the area in the 17th century.<ref>James R. Csgood and Company, ''The Maritime Provinces; a handbook for travellers; a guide to the chief cities, coasts, and islands of the Maritme Provinces of Canada'' (Boston: Osgood, 1881), p. 92</ref> After the 18th-century [[French and Indian War]], the [[British Empire|British]] ruled the entire area.<ref>Daniel Judah Elazar, ''Covenant and Constitutionalism: The Great Frontier and the Matrix of Federal Democracy'' (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1998), p. 204</ref> The [[Charlottetown Conference]] was held in 1864 in [[Charlottetown]], Prince Edward Island. It had the various [[colonies]] of [[British North America]] decide to join and form the Canadian Confederation. == References == {{reflist}} {{multistub|geo|Canada}} {{Regions of North America}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Maritimes, The}} [[Category:Regions of Canada]]