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Lower Colonies Hist. 
the Atlantic provinces, especially Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, as opposed to the Canadas.
See also: Lower Provinces (def. 1)
- 1835 New Brunswick is the only one of the Lower Colonies yet favored with Legislative and Executive Councils.
- 1856 (1932) I do not now believe in the practicability of the federal or legislative union of Canada with the three "Lower Colonies."
- 1835 New Brunswick is the only one of the Lower Colonies yet favored with Legislative and Executive Councils.