E'se'katik

E'se'katik, a Mi'kmaw name associated with the place of clams, lies on a sheltered harbor on Nova Scotia's south shore. French settlers knew the area as Merligueche, while Mi'kmaq communities used the coast and its rich waters long before European settlement. In 1753 the British established Lunenburg here, bringing Protestant settlers from continental Europe. The new town stood on a peninsula beside the harbor, in a region where the expansion of British settlement met Mi'kmaw resistance.