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a protoctiiin to tlio Acadian settlcim-nts al)c.vc mi tlic river. The batU-ry is 

 however, not Frencii at all. bnt was Ijiiilt in ISl.S. It had no c«mnection 

 with tlie Telegnipli station whieli stood on this liill lat« in the last centurj-. 

 [Seo later]. It stantls on a bluff where tlie river is very naiTow, about two 

 miles above Tennants Cove, and certaiinly the position is a most command- 

 ing one. On the levcil, lifty feet or more above the river, is still a distinct 

 crcscent-sliaped earthwoi-k some two oi- tliree feet high, and fifty feet across 

 its arc. On a level still higher up the hill is a hollow, twenty feet acro.ss and 

 tive or six deep, locally called the Magazine, while still higher up are the 

 remains of the block house where lived the soldiei-s in charge of the 

 semaphore teli'graph, and some of the tinibei-s of this house can still 

 l)e seen. (See al.<o Xnr lininsirirk Magnzin,; III., 228). 

 C— Fort Ncrepis. This w;i.s no doubt originally an Indian fort, as already dis- 

 cussed, and is mentioned by Villebon in 1697. 

 In 17Ô3, liowcver, it was occupied by the Frencli 

 under B<»ishébert, and thus figures in the events 

 of the time, and it is often called after him. Beau 

 Bear or Beauliebert Fort. It is no doubt tliis fort 

 which is referred to in a document of 175:3 ( Arcliives, 

 1894, 194) as a new fort 20 miles up the river armed 

 with 24 guns and 200 men. It is marked on many 

 maps of the time, as D'Anville, and (îreen-Jefù-eys 

 of 1755, and also on the ]\Iorris ]Maps of 1758 and 

 1765. It evidently stood very close to the river, as 

 shown by the latter (^lap Xo. 21) in the angle be- 

 tween the two rivers. Its site is, however, entirely 

 unknown to the residents, and no remains of it can 

 be seen. 



There is said to be a tradition of an old fort at 

 Harding's Point, but I know nothing further of it. 

 Ts. — Fort LaTour. Despite much discussion and some controversy the site of 

 this fort is not yet with certainty determined. The subject is fully discussed 

 in a paper in these Transactions, IX., sect, ii., 61, and also in the New 

 I'runswick >hvgazine, \'ol. I., 20, 89, 1()5. In my opinion, all available 

 cviilence drawn from the narrative of Denys, and from all known maps, tends 

 to show that it stood on the ea.'st bank of the harbour, probably at Portland 

 Point, on the knoll at the head of Rankin's Wharf, (Map No. 22. alsoo7.) 

 Mr. Hannay claims that it stood at Old F'^ort, in Carleton ; but even in his most 

 recent article lie adduces no positive evidence for his view, but contents himself 

 with combating minor points in my ai-gument. Since the subject is so fully 

 iliscussed in the articles above mentioned, which are readily accessible, it is 

 unneces.sary again to go over the ground here. I will simply point out this 

 important fact, that if Fort LaTour be a.ssumed to have stood at the Old 

 Fort in Carleton, we not only meet with well-nigh insuperable difficulties in 

 explaining the narrative of Denys and all of the maps of the time, but we 

 have no explanation of the origin of the fort which is known to have 

 stood at Portland Point;' on the other hand, if Fort LaTour is a.ssumed to 



Map No. 21. Sitk of Bkau. 

 heukkt's (i. e., Boishé- 

 ukrt's) Fort. 

 From Morris, 1765 ; x \. 



1 It iiiny l>e cliiimod that tliin was llie " now fort'' which Church in Ifi'.ir, found tlip French building 

 on tlic Past Hide of the river. lUit in fact a fort utooil here fiirlier n« »hown beyond doubt by tlic 

 l''r.ini|uelin m.-ip recently pnblislicd by M.-irccl. Thi« niii]i which for renHOns given in my "Carlo- 



