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of Florida by Europeans. Though historically a part of Canada it fell 

 to the United States in 1797 when the boundary commission fixed the 

 mouth of the St. Croix at St. Andrews, for the channel passes to the 

 eastward of it. (History fully treated by the present writer in " Dochet 

 (St. Croix) Island," a Monograph, in these Transactions, VIII, 1902, 

 ii. 127; Hist. Sites, 262). 



St. Croix,— C. Parish est. 1874. Settled first along the St. Croix and Waweig 

 in 1784-85, by the Penobscot Association of Loyalists, whose descendants 

 have expanded somewhat to the interior. (History by Vroom. in Courier, 



St. Croix, — Y. Small unoccupied Indian (Passamaquoddy) reserve of 200 

 acres, established December 12, 1881. 



St. Croix, — Y. A small lumbering village, formed since 1870 at the crossing 

 of the St. Croix by the C. P. Railway. It is on the site of the Indian 

 village Ailmaquac. 



St. David,— C. Parish est. 1786. Settled first at the head of Oak Bay by 

 the Penobscot Association of Loyalists in 1784-85, and in the interior 

 by the Cape Ann Association at about the same time. These latter 

 settlers were not Loyalists, but persons who came to try their fortune 

 in a new country. (History fully given by Vroom, in Courier, CXVI; 

 Stevens, Charlotte County, 17; Winslow Papers, 489; a book of poems, 

 " Early Reminiscences a poem recounting incidents occurring in the 

 youth of the author atid describing country life in the Province of 

 New Brunswick forty years ago," by Leonard Scott, New York, 1864, 

 relates chiefly to life in this parish). 



St, Francis, — M. Parish est. 1833. Settled first along the St. John, apparently 

 between 1830 and 1840, by English-speaking settlers from the lower 

 St. John, with, apparently, some Americans. They have since been 

 joined by some Acadians, and the latter are now settling in the interior. 



St. George, — C. Parish est. 1786. Settled first in 1784 along the Magaguadavic 

 at and above the falls by a disbanded Loyalist regiment, the Royal 

 Fencible Americans, whose descendants, with some later immigrants, 

 have extended up the Magaguadavic. Later Scotch immigrants have 

 settled at Mascareen and elsewhere. (History of the regiment, by Ray- 

 mond, Coll. N.B. Hist. Soc, II, 217; location in Hist. Sites, 339 and Map 

 46; also Vroom, Courier. LXXIV; Winslow Papers, 490). 



St. George Village has grown up at the fine water power at the 

 lower falls which, earlier used for sawing lumber, has latterly been 

 employed in working and polishing red granite. 



St. Georges Town was laid out for the Loyalists on the peninsula 

 northwest of Letang Harbour, was temporarily occupied by them, but 

 later abandoned. 



St. Hilaire, — M. Parish est. 1877. Settled first along the St. John at Baker 

 Brook about 1820 by Americans and (apparently) settlers from the lower 

 St. John. Later, the Acadians extended up the river and mingled with 

 these settlers (who have become largely gallicized), and they have 

 also expanded on the backlands, as noted under the respective set- 

 tlements. 



