Pejepscot Portage Countermap
A group of Wabanaki and non-Wabanaki community members have been in the process of making what we call a "Pejepscot Portage countermap" on Google Earth. Our goal is to better understand and raise awareness of the ways in which Wabanaki have shaped--and continue to shape--the place we now call Brunswick. See the current iteration of the map here: https://bit.ly/pejepscotportagemap
To learn more about the development of this project, check out these talks:
A group of Wabanaki and non-Wabanaki community members have been in the process of making what we call a "Pejepscot Portage countermap" on Google Earth. Our goal is to better understand and raise awareness of the ways in which Wabanaki have shaped--and continue to shape--the place we now call Brunswick. See the current iteration of the map here: https://bit.ly/pejepscotportagemap
To learn more about the development of this project, check out these talks:
- February 12, 2024, "Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing): Moving through Place and Story at Pejepscot": https://vimeo.com/912708357
- October 6, 2022, "A Path to Community: Seeking to Know More about the Place We Now Call Brunswick": https://vimeo.com/758040109
Pejepscot Portage Walk
On October 6, 2024, the Pejepscot Portage Mapping Project, in collaboration with Atlantic Black Box, organized a day of movement and reflection along the Pejepscot Portage, the Wabanaki portage that formed the basis for the roadway today known as Maine Street in Brunswick. By traveling the portage route together—from the falls at Pejepscot to Maquoit Bay—we attempted to see the wider relationships and continuing Wabanaki and Black presences in this place many of us call home.
On October 6, 2024, the Pejepscot Portage Mapping Project, in collaboration with Atlantic Black Box, organized a day of movement and reflection along the Pejepscot Portage, the Wabanaki portage that formed the basis for the roadway today known as Maine Street in Brunswick. By traveling the portage route together—from the falls at Pejepscot to Maquoit Bay—we attempted to see the wider relationships and continuing Wabanaki and Black presences in this place many of us call home.