Nme'juaqnek

Nme'juaqnek lies beside the tidal waters of the Annapolis River, a place long inhabited by the Mi'kmaq. French settlers established Port-Royal in the region in the early seventeenth century, and the river became a center of Acadian settlement. The fort at Annapolis Royal changed hands repeatedly as France and Britain fought for control of Acadia. After the British capture of 1710, the settlement remained a focal point of the struggle over the peninsula and its inhabitants.