We'kopektik

We'kopektik, known to Acadians as Cobequid, lies around the eastern end of the Minas Basin. The Mi'kmaw name describes a bay that extends far inland, where strong Fundy tides reach the mouths of the rivers. Mi'kmaq communities used the Chiganois and other waterways for travel and food gathering long before Acadian farmers built dikes along the tidal marshes.

Acadian settlement expanded around Cobequid Bay after 1700, with farms and villages on the rivers flowing into the basin. The people of Cobequid maintained ties with nearby Mi'kmaq and the mission at Shubenacadie. In 1755 British forces began the expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia, and families from the district were driven from their homes. The fertile marshlands and river routes remained, but the communities that had cultivated them were dispersed.