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Nigmenaq, apjiw mawo=ltiejij aq ms=t wijei tel=tasultijij. 1860's John Hunter - Duvar wigip na maqamigew telwesuneg Hernewood eteg tepaw Mill River P.E.I. Na tujiw glapis 1900's Mi=gmaq tlei=awultiji Epigwitg eteli=punsultipneg Mill River aq getantega=tejij aq wesgatijij. Mawo=ltejij, maw igtigig memajuinu=g. Mijua=ji=jig maw melita=jij aq elip=gamultijij aq maw gegina=masultijij Hernewood. Pugwelgig memajuinu=g siawi pema=tutip na Imatemgewei aq siawi toqwa=mutipneg, aq maw gegina=masultipneg.
Neighbours dwell close to each other and have similar interests at heart. In the 1860's John Hunter-Duvar lived on his 700 acre estate called AHernewood@ located on Mill River, Lot 5, P.E.I. During that time and until well into the 1900's, the First Nations People from Lennox Island would spend one season or another along Mill River. At that time they would hunt and fish and intermingle with local farmers, fishermen and hunters. People who lived along the river on a more permanent basis enjoyed the company of their migratory neighbours. Often in the winter you could see their children skating and playing together on the river or attending the closest one room school house. Hernewood Intermediate School was built back from the river on the Hernewood estate and continues to carry on the tradition of neighbours, from near and far, coming together to learn and grow.