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HISTORIC SITES IN NEW BRUNSWICK 



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away much within the memory of the present Ught-keeper, to such an extent 

 tliat a well formerly of some use is now on the rocky exposed beach. It is 

 possible that it was the exposal of the skeletons of many of the victims 

 of the dreadful winter of 1604-1605 .that gave the island its name, Bone 

 Island, by which it was known at the close of the last century. 



At the south-west end of the island, and elsewhere as well, are old 

 cellars which are often mistaken for those of the DeMonts' settlement. 

 Old residents, however, state that these are cellars of small houses which 

 stood there within the present century, and their position by no means allows 

 •of their belonging to Champlain's buildings. Probably not all of these 

 seeming cellars are so in reality, for some of them may be holes left 

 by money-diggers, for whom this island has natxirally been a favourite resort. 



Map No. 15. St. Croix (Dochet) Island, surveyed by the Author, 1898. 



C. 

 GGGG. 



Gm. 

 H. 

 K. 



LH. 



Cellars, mostly modern. 

 Approximate position of DeMonts' 



gardens. 

 Modern garden. 

 Highest point of the island. 

 Knoll on which DeMonts' cannon 



were placed. 

 Lighthouse buildings. 



S. Another isolated knoll. 

 SSSS. Approximate site of DeMonts' set- 

 tlement. 

 W. Supposed old " French " well. 

 Wm. Modern well now on the beach. 

 The irregular dotted line incloses exposed 

 ledges. 



A comparison of my map with that of Champlain shows that the settle- 

 ment must have stood on the north side of the central band of rocks, on the 

 highest part of the island, (where there is a plateau of good soil, sloping 

 slightly to the westward,) but somewhat overlapping the rocky ledges, while 

 the gardens must have been to the southward of the rocks. It was on the north 

 end of the island the ruins were found by Robert Pagan in 1797. No doubt 

 the rocky ledge marked on my map by H, the highest point of the island, 

 was between the settlement and the gardens, which is fully confirmed by 

 the testimony of Robert Pagan in 1797 (Kilby, 125), who found the rock in 

 exactly this position relatively to the ruins. The approximate position of 

 the settlement is shown on Map No. 15 by the dotted lines inclosing the 



