Elsiktuk

Elsitkuk is the Mi'kmaq name for a river on Epekwitk, the island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It has long served as a route between the island's southern and northern shores. French and Acadian settlers established farms along the river after 1720, while Port-la-Joye near its mouth became a place where Mi'kmaq and French leaders renewed their alliance. In 1758 British forces took the island and assembled thousands of its Acadian inhabitants for deportation.

The later city of Charlottetown lies here.