Editing Acadia (section)

====Catholic missions====
There were tensions on the border between New England and Acadia, which New France defined as the [[Kennebec River]] in southern Maine.{{sfn|Williamson|1832|pages=27, 266, 293}}<ref name="Griffiths2005"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Campbell|first=William Edgar|title=The Road to Canada: The Grand Communications Route from Saint John to Quebec|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Je0MAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA21|year=2005|publisher=Goose Lane Editions|isbn=978-0-86492-426-1|page=21}}</ref> English settlers from Massachusetts (whose charter included the Maine area) had expanded their settlements into Acadia. To secure New France's claim to Acadia, it established Catholic missions (churches) among the four largest native villages in the region: one on the Kennebec River ([[Norridgewock]]); one further north on the [[Penobscot River]] ([[Penobscot Indian Island Reservation|Penobscot]]); one on the [[Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)|Saint John River]] ([[Meductic Indian Village / Fort Meductic|Medoctec]]);{{sfn|Grenier|2008|pages=51, 54}}<ref>{{CRHP|14831|Meductic Indian Village / Fort Meductic National Historic Site of Canada}}</ref><ref>{{DFHD|213|Meductic Indian Village / Fort Meductic National Historic Site of Canada}}</ref> and one at [[Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia|Shubenacadie]] (Saint Anne's Mission).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northeastarch.com/sainte_anne.html |title=Mission Sainte-Anne: Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia |publisher=Northeast Archaeological Research |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011031532/http://www.northeastarch.com/sainte_anne.html}}</ref>