[ganong] origins of SETTLEMENTS IN NEW BRUNSWICK 



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b. Accessibility. Of the four sides of the Province, practically all 

 of tv>'o and about a half of the third are bounded by the sea and freely 

 open to access by sea-going vessels (j\Iap Xo. 2). There is, however. 



^Iai' Xo. 2. Tu illustrate the position of New Brunswick in relation to America 

 and Europe. The figures sliow the distances in miles by the respective 

 lines to Liverpool. On Mercator's projection. 



one striking peculiarity about these coasts from this point of view. The 

 northern and the southern coasts are separated from one another by the 

 entire extent of the Province of Nova Scotia with its coast-line of nearly 

 400 miles. This not only makes its northern and southern coasts difficult 

 of access from one to the other, but it also brings it about that the 

 southern coast is much more readily accessible from the countries lying 

 to the south than is the northern, while the northern coast is somewhat 

 more accessible from Europe than is the southern. This fact, as we 

 g-hall sec, lias greatly affected the distribution and nalioiiality of settle- 

 ments ill the Province. 



c. Communication. Xew Brunswick is in general a country of low 

 relief intersected everywhere l)y fine rivers. It has no true mountains, 

 but has two considerable hill ranges (]\Iap Xo. 3), one running north-east 

 across the north central part of the Province, rising in extreme cases to 

 near 2,700 feet in the interior and funning the Central Highlands, and 

 a southern range folloAving the coast, rtachirg nowhi re an elevation of 



