Pre-Columbian Era
Consquamcook or Quanoscumcook Island had been inhabited by Passamaquoddy Indians centuries earlier, traces of their occupation evidenced by the presence of shell middens. Today the Minister's Island Pre-Columbian ("pre-contact") shell middens are designated as a National Historic Site of Canada and commemorated by a cairn.
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