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Historic Sites. 



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locality at St. Simon locally believed to be connected in some way 

 with the sunken vessel, and that is the Ruisseau la Chalovpc opposite 

 L'Islet (Map No. 33) which is so named, the residents say, because 

 the sailors of the vessel went up the stream in their long boat (wh^^nce 

 the name) and wintered there, at a site pointed out near the road, 

 though no relics have been found there. There is much confusion local- 

 ly, and especially among residents at Tracadie, Shippegan and Cara- 

 quet, as to the relations of Ruisseau la Chaloupe and the winter-camp, 

 some believing that the wintering site was beside this brook, and 

 others saying that the little swale west of .Birch Point is called Ruis- 

 seau la Chaloupe. It was only after visiting both places and interview 

 ing the residents that I was able to clear up this confusion. It ip how- 

 ever unlikely that the crew of the vessel wintered in two different 

 places and I think it probable the tradition as to Ruisseau la Chaloupe 



Map No. 34. Sketch by the Author. 



has arisen to explain the name, which originated in some other cir- 

 cumstance. 



We turn now to the historical evidence, of which one item has 

 been given in the Ferguson inscription above stated. Another ot 

 much more importance I owe to M. Gaudet, our leading Acadian 

 historian, who has kindly loaned me his copies of the several letters 

 concerning events at Bay Chaleur in 1760 described in the Canadian 

 Archives, 18S7, CCXXII-CCXXIII. In a letter dated Ristigouche, 17 

 Sept. 1760 written by M. Bazagier, acting Commissary to the French 

 Minister, we learn that privateers were sent out against the vessels 

 of the English, and among them one was described: — " Des parti- 

 culiers de cette rivière [Restigouche], ont bien armé et fait sortir 

 pour la course, mais depuis le 23 août, qu'ils ont mis à la voile, ils 

 n'ont pas reparu. Ils ont une goélette de 35 tonneaux, armée de 47. 



