There’s a few settlements shown here on the east coast of Nova Scotia, at Cape Sable, La Heve and at Canso (Campseau). “Souriquois”, the name given to the Mi’kmaq by the French, is also noted here.
“Figure de la terre neuue, grande riuiere de Canada, et cotes de l’ocean en la Nouuelle France”, Lescarbot, Marc. 1609. https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2000047
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