The Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI is pleased with word that the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada has accepted its recommendation that Mi’kmaq heritage be honoured by giving a Mi’kmaq name to Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst National Historic Site.
In the fall of 2017, the Confederacy proposed that the Mi’kmaq historic name Skmaqn be given to the site. Skmaqn means “the waiting place” and is thought to have its origins in the years 1725-1758 when Mi’kmaq and French leaders met annually at the site to renew their relationship and military alliance.