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Historic Sites. 



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French relics have been dug-, and all of which were here when Mr. 

 Marks' father first cleared this land. 



Taking all the evidence together, the positive facts, the traditions, 

 the probabilities, the lack of a competing site, I think it is probable 

 almost to certainty that here stood the Mission of St. Charles de 

 Miscou. 



298C. Denys' Settlement on Miscou Harbour. The account of this site given 

 in my Historic Sites, based entirely upon hearsay, is imperfect and 

 in some degree erroneous, thougla its approximate location is correctly 

 given. In September, 1904, I was able to 

 visit the locality and study it in person, 

 with the following satisfactory results. 

 The site is 'well-known locally and is not 

 yet entirely, though it is nearly, washed 

 away. It is situated on the south side of 

 Miscou Harbour as shown on the accom- 

 panying map (Map No. 32). The line of 

 upland is sharply marked from the beach, 

 by a sloping bank some two or three feet 

 high. A large cellar (about 12 feet across) 

 is about half on the beach and half in the 

 bank, and around it is a low embankment, 

 a foot or two above the general level but of 

 an outline too indefinite to map exactly. 

 This is all that can be seen at present. A 

 large number of relics have been found on 

 the site within the memory of residents, 

 including not only the pitcher or flagon 

 mentioned on page 299, but lead pipe, 

 copper kettles and other objects. It is 

 locally called the ruins of a " fort," and it is 

 not known to whom it belonged, though it 

 is believed to be the remains of an estab- 

 lishment of considerable importance. It is 

 said also to be merely a fragment of 

 its former extent ; and, so rapidly is 

 this coa«t sinking and being washed 

 away by the sea, it will be only a few years before every trace of it 

 will have disappeared entirely. That these remains are a part of 

 Denys' establishment I believe there is no question. "We know from 

 Denys' own narrative that his establishment was on the south side of 

 the harbour, and this is by far the best situation on all the coast, — 

 in fact almost the only really eligible situation on the south side. 

 The ground here is more elevated than it is for a long distance east 

 or west, and the soil is also better, a point of some consequence, for 

 Denys speaks especially of his gardens. The outlook is wide and fine. 

 Further, it has the best landing beach and is the nearest to the deepei 

 water of the harbour of any locality on this shore, as evinced by the 

 fact that the landing of the Miscou ferry is just in front of it. No 



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Map 32. Survey by the 

 Author. 



