 The etymology of the park's name begins with the Mi'kmaq term "akadie" ("piece of land") which was rendered as "l'Acadie" by French explorers, and translated into English as Acadia.The Wabanaki traveled to the island in birch bark canoes to hunt, fish, gather berries, harvest clams and basket-making resources like sweetgrass, and to trade with other Wabanakis.They camped near places like Somes Sound.