by Michael W. McDonald J.D., APCFNC

First Reserve in Canada to be owned by its people

Lennox Island First Nation is a Mi’kmaq community located on a small island sitting close to the western shores of Malpeque Bay on the north central side of Prince Edward Island. The island was known to the Mi’kmaq as “Lnu’k Mniku” (ill-newg min-nah-goo) which in English is translated to “the peoples island”. For over 10,000 years the Mi’kmaq people have maintained permanent summer village sites along the shores of Malpeque Bay. Lnu’k Mniku was one of the largest village sites in the bay and was probably home to the head Chief in that area. Prince Edward Island was known to the Mi’kmaw as, Epekwitk (ah-beg-wee-ick), which in English translates to “Floating on water” or “cradles on wa ...