Puku'samtek

Puku'samkek is a bay on the northern shore of Epekwitk, the island homeland of the Mi'kmaq. Its name describes a place where clams are plentiful in the sand. In the eighteenth century French settlers built a community along the bay, calling it Havre Saint-Pierre. A church stood near its mouth by the 1720s, but the settlement suffered serious forest fires. In 1758 the British deported the Acadians of the island, and many died during the voyage to France.