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For centuries the Mi’kmaq, and later the early European explorers and settlers, shortened their journies between the Bras d’Or lake and the Atlantic Ocean by means of narrow isthmu s at St. Peter’s. The portage area and the surrounding shores and waterways of Cape Breton were sites of early and prolonged interaction between the French and the Mi’kmaq during a time when dreams of expansion and empire among European nations, met head on with the realities of North America’s aboriginal peoples. Show more