St. Marys Bay, Nova Scotia

The mouth of Salmon River is thought to be a traditional summer settlement of the Mi'kmaw and several artifacts have been found there, as well as at Meteghan and Major's Point.

[2] A site known as BcDM-01 by Erskine situated at Major's Point in Belliveau Cove is described: "Beside the road to the shore about .40km from the sea, a field is full of late Indian Garden Chips.

Marie was settled by Acadians in 1768 on their return a decade after the British expulsion, but the land was not good for the agriculture they had been doing for the previous 150 years in Port Royal, so they turned to the sea to fish.

[5]: 15 By the 1800s the Mi'kmaq settled on the nearby Reservation developed in Bear River, while still returning in the area for fishing, hunting, trade and ceremony throughout the year.

Regularly exposed swaths of wet ocean floor create a special environment for the species that inhabit these regions.

Dry docks allowed ships to be built and floated without moving them, a significant advantage given the size and weight of a large boat.