[ganong] additions TO MONOGRAPHS 107 



Historic Sites. 



In the St. John Telegraph in July 1895 it was stated that the 

 lighthouse keeper at Letite (Mascabin Point) found relics of French 

 and Indians about his house; that in a valley near by there is an 

 ancient burial place which has never been disturbed. 



269. The statement about the location of the settlement of de Marson is an 



error; he is here confounded with Martignon; the facts are given 

 correctly on pages 277 and 309. 



A French post provided with provisions for travellers, appears 

 to have existed at Grand Falls in 1756 (Rameau, Colonie féodale, II, 

 374). 



On the Frnich YiUagr at Kingsclear, compare Sproule's map given 

 later (Map No. 38) and also the mention of these villages in the 

 Settlement-Origins, 132. 



270. The site of the Church of Ste Anne and of the French burial ground 



at Aucpac, Springhill, are still known locally, as I am informed by 

 M. Mercure. Compare Raymond, St. John River, 145, 147. 



The Acadian Settlement at St. Anne's Point seems to have been 

 known to the English as Mercures Plantation or Settlement. (Coll. 

 N. B. Hist. Soc. II, 160). 



VJvimcorc, a name used on early plan for Eccles Island (see Map 

 No. 38 of Historic Sites), and in the N. B. Council Records for 1788, 

 was no doubt the residence of Sieur de Clignancourt about 1696. 

 (Compare page 312 of Historic Sites). Rameau gives him as living 

 near Aucpac (Colonie féodale, I, 322), and in a document among the 

 Villebon papers in the Boston Public Library he is said to reside 

 at a league from the fort at Nashwaak. 



271. A French settlement appears to have existed at or near the Burton 



Court-house, as shown by a statement in M. H. Perley's Lecture on 

 New Brunswick (Educational Review, IV, 173). 



271. French Lake (Oromocto). As a result of a visit to this place in July, 

 1903, I was able to gather much information about the French settle- 

 ments from the residents. The lake is very attractive, surrounded 

 by gently sloping upland all around except on the west, where inter- 

 vale separates it from the Oromocto. The reputed site of the princi- 

 pal French settlement is as noted in the accompanying map (Map 

 No. 17). The residents here point out not only the general site, but 

 an exact spot traditionally called the site of the church (where 

 faint outlines of a possible foundation may be traced), and another 

 (now occupied by a great heap of stones) called the old French burial 

 ground. Many relics have been found here and in the vicinity, such 

 as dishes, blacksmith tools, bullets, coins, etc. These places, located 

 by a simple survey in relation to existent buildings and to the great 

 mill chimney (the mill burnt a few years ago) are shown by the 

 accompanying map (Map No. 18). All probabilities seem to me to 

 favour the correctness in general of the local tradition. A curious 

 double line of stones running from near the church site towards 

 the shore is of origin not known locally, but is probably modern. 



