Katherine Bickford

This is Nme’juaqnek—place of bountiful fish. For the Mi’kmaq, this place where two rivers meet has traditionally been an important fishing area and a central gathering place.

In the 1600s and 1700s, this was the centre of early European colonization and settlement in an area called Mi’kma’ki by the Mi’kmaq, Acadie by the French, and Nova Scotia by the British.

One of the most contested places in North America; this has always been Mi’kmaw territory. Both the French and the British held military control here at times and fought for it at others.

Guarding this rich history as well as the remains of both French and British fortifications, Fort Anne is the first operated national historic site in Canada, designated in 1917.