M’ikmaw Contact

The M’ikmaw are native to Nova Scotia. They have appeared in several stories so far - the Arcadians made friends with them, and intermarried. Later some Arcadians were hidden by the M’ikmaw. The French had good relations with them, while the British didn’t.

But first I went to where apples were adapted to Nova Scotia. Charles Prescott had been a merchant, but decided to get apple and pear varieties in a land grant he had. He employed Arcadians who had managed to return to Nova Scotia after they were deported.

Fort Anne was a star fort built originally by the French, but it changed hands six times. It was very close to Boston, so it was considered quite important strategically. At one stage, a French commander managed to retain it with a rag tag group of Arcadians and M'ikmaw to round out his troops to 200.

Port Royal is a recreation of a very early French settlement where they made contact with the  M’ikmaw.

Lastly, I visited a lake in the centre of southern Nova Scotia which was a centre for the M’ikmaw. There are many petroglyphs there.