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Originally posted by BVF
don't listen to him, creole is a language while cajun is a race...Even still, they weren't in canada anyway.
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Just a little history lesson for you ..............
The area of Louisiana, now known as Acadiana, comprised about 22 parishes. It forms a triangle from Lake Charles at the west to Grand Isle at the east, with Pointe Coupee at the apex. The Acadians were the largest group to settle in this area from 1765 to 1785. Although other nationalities were there, the Acadian culture was dominant in many places. When bits and pieces of these other cultures were added to the Acadians, a variation of the Acadian culture was created. These people, and this culture, became known as Cajun ... a derivation of the word Acadian.
The Acadians began as a group of (primarily French) settlers in 17th century Canada.
History of Acadians