This Mi’kmaq Ecological Knowledge Study (MEKS) was developed by Membertou Geomatics Consultants for the Nova Scotia Department of Energy and Minas Basin Pulp and Power Co Ltd on behalf of the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE).  In January 2008, the Province of Nova Scotia announced that Minas Basin Pulp and Power Co Ltd. had been awarded the opportunity to construct a tidal energy testing and research facility in the Minas Basin, known as the Fundy Tidal Energy Demonstration Facility.  This Facility will be managed by a non-profit corporation called FORCE.

The objectives of this study are twofold;

• To undertake a broad MEKS study for the Bay of Fundy Phase I Area as it may relate to future renewable energy projects i.e. wind, tidal and wave, specifically in Phase 1 area of the Bay of Fundy (as identified in MGC Proposal - Minas Channel and Minas Basin).
• To undertake a more focused MEKS review specific to the Fundy Tidal Energy Demonstration Project area which would consider the land and water area potentially affected by the project, identify what is the Mi’kmaq traditional use activity that has or is currently taking place within the Project Site and Study Area and what Mi’kmaq ecological knowledge presently exists.

This MEKS has been developed as a mechanism to ensure that Mi’kmaq traditional knowledge and use of the Study Area is included in the environmental data and considered in the development of the Environmental Management Plan and Environmental Monitoring Plan if the project proceeds.

Principal Investigator: Membertou Geomatics Consultants

This resource is also available at: https://tethys.pnnl.gov/publications/phase-1-bay-fundy-nova-scotia-including-fundy-tidal-energy-demonstration-project-site