• Mi’kmawey Debert National Historic Site

    Mi’kmawey Debert is one of the most significant Indigenous archeological sites on Turtle Island (North America). Here, artifacts have been dated to between 13,500 and 11,000 years old, making Mi’kmawey Debert possibly the earliest human settlement in northeastern North America. At that time, the last vestiges of Ice Age glaciers were still present in the highlands of Nova Scotia.

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Mi’kmawey Debert National Historic Site

The Mi’kmawey Debert Interpretive Trail , walks you back through time, located across the road from one of the most significant indigenous archeological sites in North America. The site dates back to approximately 11,000 years before present, a time when the last vestiges of glaciers were waning from highland areas of Nova Scotia. Debert Mi’kmawey represents the earliest human settlement in eastern North America, and it is the future home of Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Center.

Age: Quaternary (circa 10,000 years ago)
Directions: From Exit 13 on Highway 104, take MacElmon Road east 1.5 km towards Debert, keeping left as it merges with Plains Road.
GPS Coordinates: 45.413249, -63.426789

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