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Indians
The Micmac First Nation called it Chebucto. Rudyard Kipling dubbed it "Warden of the Honour of the North". In 1993 Harper's Bazaar described it as "the very anatomy of a hip city", and in 1917 over 2,000 people called it a final resting place. This is Halifax, Nova Scotia
the Mi'kmaq ranged over most of the Maritimes and Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula, speaking the Algonquin tongue
The aboriginal people of the Maritimes wintered on the Fundy side of the province, hunting deer and moose on expertly crafted snowshoes. When the ice broke in spring they traveled to traditional locations along the coast like Chebucto, 'the biggest harbour' to summer and fish. Their weirs
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