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Baker Brook-Cabineau. The Sproule map of 1787 shows an 

 " Indian sketch of a communication between the River Saint John 

 and the Lake Tamasquatat, " via Baker Brook and Cabineau (called 

 by him, Namjamscutcook). (Map No. 15). Two portages lead from 

 Baker Brook into Long Lake, probably following the course of the 

 portage road of the geological map, one apparently from Baker 

 Lake and the other from Meruimticook Lake, by a route not known 

 to me. Probably it was not used as a trunk, but only as a hunting, 

 route, since it was as long as, and must have been much harder 

 than, the very easy route by the Madawaska. 



Mai» No. 15. Part of thi>; Sproui.e Map of 1787; 



259. Several of the portage routes between the upper St John and the St 

 Lawrence were explored by the surveyors in 1816-1828 in connection 

 with the boundary disputes, as shown in the abstracts of their reports 

 contained in the " Case of the United States laid before the King of 

 the Netherlands. " 



The Black River-Ouelle Portage is shown perfectly on a map in 

 the State Department at Washington, running from near the head 

 of the middle of the three branches of Black River (Raglan of "Wil- 

 kinson), through to a lake on a branch of the Quelle. The same 

 portage is shown less perfectly on Greenleaf's map of 1844. 



...etarmejette. This portage is often mentioned in documents 

 relating to the boundary disputes. Its location is approximately 

 shown on Wilkinson's map. 



