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were left unoccupied Ijv them, and were later taken up by their former 

 Acadian residents, through which circumstance alone does it come 

 about that any Acadians live to-day on Bay of Fundy waters. 

 Xext after the marshes the new settlers took up the inter- 

 vale lands along the St. John, also in some measure prepared for 

 them by fhe Acadians, and thus were founded Maugerville and "minor 

 settlements along the river. None of the new non-Acadian settlements 

 in this period, excepting in the case of trading or fishing settlements, 

 were located on the uplands. Those Acadians who settled on the St. 

 John, Petitcodiac and Memramcook also occupied marshes or inter- 

 vales, but those of the aSTorth Shore were obliged to clear the uplands, 

 which, fortunately, in the vicinity of the harbours are of fair quality 

 and well drained. So uniform are these conditions along the Xorth 

 Shore that, except for a few areas of bog lands, the Acadians were 

 able to find fair soil wherever they desired, for other reasons, to settle. 



d. Influence of earlier settlers. In only a minor way were the 

 settlements O'f this period influeniced by the location of those of the 

 preceding period, a-nd the remarkable coincidence in location of the 

 settlements of the ilcadian and English periods (so clearly shown by 

 the comparison of Maps Nos. 6 and 7) is chiefly due to like response 

 to similar environmental influences. Minor effects may occasionally 

 be traced, as in the case of Maugerville, whose exact site was probably 

 fixed in part by the already cleared lands of the old Seigniory of 

 Freneuse, or of Gagetou-n on the extensive lands of Grimross cleared 

 by the Acadians. Very likely, too, the lands best diked by the Acadians 

 were the first of the dike-lands taken up by the New Englanders, for 

 although the dikes had been broken down, they wore by no means 

 entirely destroyed. Indeed, it is very probable that, had it not been 

 for the previous work of the Acadians in dike-building, and especially 

 for the instruction given by them in the management of diked lands, 

 the new settlers would not have occupied them, and would only slowly 

 have learned their value and mamagement. 



c. Location of fishing grounds. Some of the new settlers were 

 fishermen and a considerable export trade in fish grew up in this 

 period. The most important fish for this trade was the salmon, which 

 was cured and exported in barrels. The best places for the salmon 

 fishery on a large scale are near the head of tide on the rivers. It was 

 this fishery which helped to locate the settlements of this period at 

 Scoodic, at Miramichi (Wilson's Point), at Nepisiguit, and especiallv at 

 Restigouche, the two former by New Engla.nder3 and the three latter 

 by various persons from Great Britain. The salt-water fishery was 

 less important, but was of sufficient value to attract to the rich fishing 



