Section IL, 1899. [ 213 ] Trans. E. S. C. 



III. — A Monograph of Historic Sites in the Province of New Brunswick. 

 (Contributions to the History ot New Brunswick, No. 4.) 



By William F. Ganong, M.A., Ph. D. 

 (Presented by Sir John Bourinot, and read May 25, 1809.) 



CONTENTS. 



Introduction. 



I.— The Prehistoric (Indian) Period. 



1. Distribution of the Tribes. 



2. Villages and Camping Grounds. 



3. Routes of Travel. 



II.— The Exploration Period. 



1. Routes of Cartier and of Champlain. 

 III.— The Acadian Period. 



1. Settlements and Forts. 



2. Seigniories. 



IV.— The English Period, 



1. Settlements and Forts. 



2. Townships and othfr Grants. 



v.— The Loyalist Period. 



1. The Loyalist Grants and Settlements. 



2. Boundaries. 



VI.— The Post-Loyalist Period. 



1. Forts, Signal Stations, Etc. 

 Appendix. Sources of Information. Bibliography. 



lî^TEODUCTION. 



Of the different phases of the study of History, the one that appeals 

 to the most men is the archteological. Especially is this true for local 

 history, in which a dozen persons may be found giving attention to 

 situations of local events, genealogy, etc., to one who cares for the 

 untangling of threads of cause and effect in the evolution of events or 

 institutions. No doubt this preference is due primarily to the fact that 

 the former appeals most to the imagination, which nearly all men like to 

 exercise, while the latter demands work of the understanding which 

 fewer care for. Events in which one can picture himself taking part, 

 particularly those in which heroism, endurance and loyalty are demanded^ 

 are the ones that men like most to read about and to think upon, and the 



