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In May, 1675, the Sieur de Peiras was given by Frontenac 

 two leagues in front and two in depth on the St. Lawrence 

 at Metis, as well as the three Barnabe islands, for the estab- 

 lishment thereon of a fishery for herrings and other fish. One 

 league in depth and one and a half leagues of river frontage 

 at the same place were also granted in January, 1669, to 

 Francois Pachat for fishing purposes. 



On the 30th May, 1679, Frontenac accorded to Antoine 

 Cadde, half a league on either side of the mouth of the Mag- 

 dalen River, which flows into the St. Lawrence below Mount 

 Notre Dame. This concession was two leagues in depth, and 

 when, ten years later, nothing had been done on the property, 

 it was given to Sieur Denis Riverin, who was already engaged 

 there, as we have seen, in the establishment of a sedentary 

 fishery. 



The fishing rights of la Grande Riviere in the Baie des 

 Chaleurs and of a league and a half of land fronting the 



Count Frontenac's Autograph. 



Baie, were ceded by Frontenac in 1697 to Jacques Cochu. 

 In 1750, Jonquiere and Bigot ceded them to Cochu 's heirs. 

 Their rights formed part of the grant applied for in 1755 

 by Messrs. Prevost and Arnoux, then carrying on cod fishing 

 in partnership at Gaspe. They applied for a grant, with 

 the title of Seigniors of the lands situate between Cape Rosier 

 and Grande Riviere, on the condition of building a fort there. 1 

 The concession of two and a half leagues east of the 

 mouth of the Grand Pabos and of half a league to the west 



See Correspondence Generate. Vol. 8, C. II., July 18th, 1755. 



