History of Nova Scotia
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Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day Nova Scotia were inhabited by the Mi'kmaq people. During the first 150 years of European settlement, the region was claimed by France
The Bluenose is a provincial icon of Nova Scotia and was an important Canadian symbol in the 1930s
A plaque of John Cabot departing Bristol, England for Atlantic Canada (1497), installed at Sir Sandford Fleming Park, Halifax
Depiction of habitation at Port Royal in 1612
Depiction of Madame La Tour defending Fort Sainte Marie during the Acadian Civil War in 1645
Mi'kmaq
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The Mi'kmaq are an Indigenous group of people of the Northeastern Woodlands, native to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces, primarily Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoun
History of Nova Scotia
…to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day Nova Scotia (also historically referred to as Mi'kma'ki and Acadia) were inhabited by the Mi'kmaq people. During the first 150 years of European settlement, the region was claimed by France and a colony formed, primarily made up of Catholic Acadians and…
Chief Gabriel Sylliboy – first to fight for Treaty Rights in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 1929
The Holy Mary Rosary prayer in Mi'kmaq hieroglyphics by the Luxembourg missionary Christian Kauder, 1866
Miꞌkmaq Women Selling Baskets, Halifax, Nova Scotia, by Mary R. McKie c. 1845
Monument to the Treaty of 1752, Shubenacadie First Nation, Nova Scotia