 During Father Le Loutre's War, the British attempted to establish firm control of the major Acadian settlements in peninsular Nova Scotia and to extend their control to the disputed territory of present-day New Brunswick.The British also wanted to establish Protestant communities in Nova Scotia.During the war, the Acadians and Mi'kmaq left Nova Scotia for the French colonies of "Ile St. Jean" (Prince Edward Island) and "Ile Royale" (Cape Breton Island).