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Headquarters. Franklin, Tennessee, U.S. Number of employees. 28,600 (2020) Website. acadiahealthcare .com. Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. is an American provider of behavioral healthcare services. It operates a network of over 225 facilities across the United States and Puerto Rico. [1]
The first French settlement was established by Pierre Dugua de Mons, Governor of Acadia, under the authority of the French King, Henri IV, on Saint Croix Island in 1604. The following year, the settlement was moved across the Bay of Fundy to Port Royal after a difficult winter on the island and deaths from scurvy .
Modern flag of Acadia, adopted 1884. The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the descendants of 17th and 18th century French settlers in parts of Acadia (French: Acadie) in the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, the Gaspé peninsula in eastern Québec, and the Kennebec River in southern ...
Fort Pentagouët (Fort Pentagoet, Fort Castine, Fort Penobscot, Fort Saint-Pierre) was a French fort established in present-day Castine, Maine, which was the capital of Acadia (1670–1674). [1] It is the oldest permanent settlement in New England. Its commanding position at the mouth of the Penobscot River estuary, a lucrative source of furs ...
Île-Royale (New France) Île-Royale was a French colony in North America that existed from 1713 to 1763 as part of the wider colony of Acadia. It consisted of two islands, Île Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia) and Île Saint-Jean (present-day Prince Edward Island ). It was ceded to the British Empire after the Seven Years ...
Most Acadians in Canada continue to live in majority French-speaking communities, notably those in New Brunswick where Acadians and Francophones are granted autonomy in areas such as education and health. In some cases Acadians intermarried with Indigenous Peoples, in particular, the Mi'kmaq. Acadia was one of the five regions of New France.
New Holland (Acadia) Marker commemorating the Dutch conquest of Acadia (1674), which they renamed New Holland. This is the spot where Jurriaen Aernoutsz buried a bottle at the capital of Acadia, Fort Pentagouet, Castine, Maine. New Holland (Nova Hollandia) was a colony established by Dutch naval captain Jurriaen Aernoutsz upon seizing the ...
Port-Royal (Acadia) / 44.733°N 65.533°W / 44.733; -65.533. Port Royal (1605–1713) was a historic settlement based around the upper Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada, [1] and the predecessor of the modern town of Annapolis Royal . It was the first successful attempt by Europeans to establish a permanent settlement in what is ...