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Maritime colony Hist. 
any of the provinces of British North America lying on the eastern seaboard; the present Atlantic Provinces (def. 1).
See also: Atlantic Provinces (def. 2) Eastern Provinces (def. 1)
- 1953 In 1858, Alexander T. Galt, an English-speaking member of Parliament from Lower Canada, had moved a series of resolutions calling for a committee to sound out the people of the Maritime colonies and the British government on the question of union.
- 1953 In 1858, Alexander T. Galt, an English-speaking member of Parliament from Lower Canada, had moved a series of resolutions calling for a committee to sound out the people of the Maritime colonies and the British government on the question of union.