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In connection with tlie presence of a former portage route here is the 

 interesting fact that the name given on the fine DeMeulles-Franquelin map 

 of 1G86 to the river emptying into Cumberland Bay, Grand Lake, is 

 PirJikotkoiu't, whicli pugge.sts Pcl-koai-kure-ak; the Indian name of Petitcodiac. 

 The name Cumberland Bay itself is curious, and may mean that both the 

 Indian and English names were suggested by the use of these waters as a 

 part of a jwrtage route to Petitcodiac and ^Cumberland Bay at the head of 

 the Bay of Fundy. It was through this region the New Englanders went to 

 attack Fort Cumberland in 1770, and perhaps a portage path then cut is the 

 "road made from St. John's River to Chepody, by the rebel army from 

 New England " and referred to by Murdoch.' 



A portage from the head of the Washademoak to the Cocagne is men- 

 tioned below. 



A portage of three leagues from Memranicook to Westcock is mentioned 

 in the Parkman MS. (New France, I., 243). As shown on early maps it 

 followed the present Frosty Hollow Brook. It is known locally as an Indian 

 portage, and is said by the Indians to have been used by them. 



6. St. John-Richibucto. 



A.— Salmon River-Richibucto. This was a very important and much travelled 

 route. The navigation of Salmon River is extremely easy, and it flows 



nearly throughout its course with a very 

 gentle current ; the portage, less than three 

 miles long, is over level ground ; and the 

 Richibueto is mostly easy travelling for 

 canoes. The portage, as given me by a resi- 

 dent,2 is shown on the accompanying map 

 No. 8. It is marked on Baillie and Kendall's 

 map of 1832. The Jesuit Relation of 1659 

 lias " Regibouctou est une belle riviere con- 

 siderable pour le connnerce qu'elle a avec 

 les sauvages de la riviere S. John." Denys, 

 1072, clearly refers to the portage, and it was 

 made the boundarj' of D'Amours Seigniory 

 in 10S4. It is also shown by a continuous 

 line on the Franquelin-DeMenlles map of 

 1080. 



have been told by an Indian chief that 

 he has been, but it 



Map No. 8. The Richibucto- 

 Salmon River PoRTACiE. 



-Washademoak-Buctouche. 



there is a portage here 2 or 3 miles long over whioh 

 seems to be unknown to the wliite residents. 



7. Petitcodiac- Richibueto. 



A. — Misseguash-Baie Verte. This wa.s a route of great importance, much used 

 by both Indians and Frencli, and often referred to in early documents. 

 Thus Franquet describes it fully in his Report of 1752. He shows that the 

 common route was from Baie YerU* to Portage Hill by a path, thence to Pont 

 il Buot by canoes, thence to Fort Beauséjour by road. The ]\Iisseguash is 



1 NoTa Scotia, II., 676. 



n Mr. S. M. Dunn of Harcourt. 



