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the middle of the 18th century, doubtless, because the Indians desired 

 to be near the French settlers of the lower St. John, and it became 

 the council-place and chief village of the river. Its site with 504 

 acres of land was reserved for them by the Nova Scotia Government, 

 October 29, 1765, but they sold this land in 1794 to Colonel Allan, and 

 in 1816 they were settled by the Government at the present Indian 

 village in Kingsclear. (Hist. Sites, 226; Raymond, River St. John, 140; 

 Winslow Papers, 332.) 



Babineau, — A. Former small Acadian refugee village in Coverdale, probably 

 formed after the destruction of the Petitcodiac settlements by the 

 British in 1755, and destroyed by them in 1758. (Hist. Sites, 282.) 



Baie des Ouines, — N. Also Baie des "Windes, and Bay du Vin. Former con- 

 siderable Acadian settlement on the south shore of Miramichi Bay 

 opposite Bay du Vin Island; origin and history uncertain, but the 

 traditions given by Cooney (32), and the local Acadian tradition that 

 it was the headquarters of Richard Denys de Fronsac, are, without 

 doubt, incorrect. It was probably founded by emigrant Acadians from 

 the peninsula of Nova Scotia after 1750, enlarged by refugees of the 

 expulsion after 1755, and destroyed by the British in 1758. The 15 

 Acadian families reported in 1761 from this place were probably its 

 former (i.e., prior to 1758) residents. A local tradition says that the 

 present Bay du Vin Acadian settlement at lower Bay du Vin, or 

 French Bay, was formed by a part of a group of Acadians who, im- 

 mediately after the conquest of Canada in 1760, came from Nova 

 Scotia to settle River du Cache, and Smethurst in his " Narrative." 

 shows that River du Cache was apparently first settled in 1761. It 

 is very probable the tradition is correct. The present settlement 

 has certainly been in existence since 1800. (Hist. Sites, 295; Plessis, 

 177). 



Baie Verte, — W. Former Acadian village of some importance, founded pro- 

 bably at the close of the 17th century as a port of shipment for pro- 

 duce of the Chignecto region to Quebec and (later) to Louisburg. 

 It was taken and destroyed by the English at the expulsion in 1755 

 and was settled soon after 1761 by an expansion of the New England 

 settlers of Sackville and Cumberland, whose descendants, with some 

 later additions, occupy it to this day and have expanded to Port 

 Elgin and the coast to the eastward. (Hist. Sites 281; loc. inf.; 

 Smethurst, 29.) 



Baillie, — C. Irish (North of Ireland) immigrant farming settlement, formed 

 in 1828. (Loc. inf.; Johnston, Report, 83). 



Baiiiieville, — V. Former lumbering village, commenced prior to 1843 at 

 Red Rapids on the Tobique; it was a failure and soon abandoned. 



Bairdsville, — V. Native settlement, founded in 1823 by expansion from the- 

 lower St. John, the original founders being followed by relatives of' 

 the same name. (Baird's Seventy Years, chapter II; Raymond, Carle- 

 ton Co., No. 85). 



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