
History Antigonish is a Mi'kmaq name and, depending upon whom you ask, has two quite distinct meanings: 1. The place where the branches are torn off by bears gathering beechnuts. 2. Meeting place of five forked rivers. (West River, South River, Brierly Brook, Wright's River, and east Wright's River). 2500 Years Ago Algonkian speaking members of an Eastern sub-Arctic culture group known as Mi'kmaqs arrived and occupied shores around present day St.Georges Bay (Tracadie & Pomquet). The moose ...
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