Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation (pronounced buck-n-keg) is a

Mi'kmaq The Mi'kmaq (also ''Mi'gmaq'', ''Lnu'', ''Mi'kmaw'' or ''Mi'gmaw''; ; , and formerly Micmac) are an Indigenous group of people of the Northeastern Woodlands, native to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces, primarily Nova Scotia, New Bru ...

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in northeastern

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. Its populated reserve is Paqtnkek-Niktuek 23. As of December 2019 the total

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population was 598. It is a member of the Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq. The name Paqtnkek means “by the bay” or "Above the water (but at a distance from the ocean)". The area has long been important to Mi'kmaq for the fishing of

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and other species.

Bayside Travel Centre

The lands of the First Nation were divided in 1960 with the building of the

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, making access to some parts difficult. In 2017 an agreement was reached with federal and provincial governments to build a new interchange, which opened in 2019. The band's business arm, Bayside Development Corporation Limited was incorporated in 2018 and its shares are held in trust for the benefit of Paqtnkek. It operates Bayside Travel Centre at exit 36-B on

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which includes fuel service, convenience store, restaurants, a Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation agency store, entertainment centre and a visitor information centre with cultural displays. It opened in October 2019.

Reserves

Paq'tnkek First Nation has three reserves:

References

External links

Paq'tnkek First Nation website

Bayside Development Corporation
the business arm of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation

Bayside Travel Centre

Reserves

See also

References

External links

Further reading