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347, The Edmundston Block-Ho'use is located exactly on the 

 Graham and other detailed maps connected with the International 

 Boundary Surveys. It is mentioned by Alexander in his " L'Acadie," 

 II, 65, and a very full description of it when in use is contained in 

 I^anman's " Adventures in the Wilds of the United States and Britisn 

 Provincea," 1856, I, 306. 



Bouchette's map of 1831 marks Blockhouse at the present village oi 

 Petitcodiac, but I think this must be an error. 



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Map No. 40, From an Old Pi,ax ; x \. 



347. About the year 1817 it was intended by the British Govern- 

 ment to fortify Grand Manan, a large appropriation being made for that 

 purpose. Several references to the plan occur in contemporary docu- 

 ments. It was carried at least so far that sites were selected and drawn 

 upon maps, and the accompanying map No. 40, reproduced from one in 

 the Crown Land Office, exhibits the proposed locations and plan. 



