Pictou Landing First Nation (A’se’k) and the Boat Harbour Remediation Project

About PLFN

Pictou Landing Mi’kmaw Nation is a Mi’kma’ki community located on the south shore of the Northumberland Strait, expanding nearly 530 hectares. The community is home to approximately 459 community members, the Victoria Corner Market, The Wolf Den Gaming Centre, a health centre with a full time nurse and they offer home care services and visits. The community is also home to a new P-8 school, a day care, fire hall, fisheries complex where 26 community-owned vessels are stored in the off season and several community member run businesses.

Pictou Landing First Nation is governed by an elected Chief and Band Council, who each serve a two-year term.  Pictou Landing First Nation employees approximately 70 full-time staff with part-time staff and summer student positions, and approximately 63 fisher persons.

In 2016, Pictou Landing celebrated the opening of its new band office, constructed in partnership with MacGregor’s Industrial Group, Solar Global and the Pictou County Chamber of Commerce. This unique building can be replicated quickly and features solar panels housed on the roof, providing electricity to the office.

In February 2020, PLFN welcomed its new state-of-the-art school.  The school features modern classrooms, a large gymnasium, outdoor learning areas, cafeteria, is Apple certified and has two large natural built outdoor playgrounds to name a few. The new school also serves as a community gathering area for events. 

Pictou Landing kicks off the Pow wow Trail every year, with its Mawio’mi. The community hosts an Elders Trip to St. Anne de Beaupre; a community Father’s Day Fishing Derby, a Mother’s Day Tea, a Children’s Christmas party, an Elder’s Christmas dinner, and community Christmas parade, among other events. 

Our aim as an impacted Indigenous community is to derive as much benefit from the remediation project as possible for the people of Pictou Landing First Nation and to share opportunities with other Mi’kmaq communities and organizations. We have been working on establishing our PLFN FIRST Initiative. In which PLFN has adopted a tiered system for opportunities and created a database in which PLFN will present our individual skilled community and business capacities for consideration as well as other skilled Indigenous community individuals and businesses for the mandatory PLFN engagement piece.