Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide
Report by Thomas Crawley, Surveyor General of Cape Breton, describing the settlement of the Malagawatch Mi'kmaq on the north-western side of the Great Lake Bras d'Or. Includes map showing c 1500 acres of reserve.
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No. 4
Malagawaatcht Reserve.
Entrance into the Basine of the River St. Denis
Settlement of the Malagawaatchkt
Eastern Side of the Basin of the River St. Denis
Channel for canoes
ancient Indian cemetery
Indians
1500 acres about 1/2 fit for cultivation
orchard of the Indian
Beginning
S. 78 W 58 chains
Big Harbour of Malagawaatchkt
N. 15 W. 21.
August 2nd 1833
T. Crawley S.G.C.B.
Scale 60 chains to an inch
Date: 1833
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 200-201