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FISHERIES OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC 



Marsal, for a term of six years, to be counted from the 20th 

 September, 1744, but among the archives preserved in the 



Autograph of Governor Beanharnois 



Department of the Provincial Secretary at Quebec, we find 

 that in November, 1749, the Sieurs de la Jonquiere and Bigot, 

 accorded to Sieur Baune, for nine 

 years, the rights heretofore conceded 

 to Sieur Marsal. Nevertheless, in 

 1753, Marsal was again given the 

 same concession for a nine year term, 

 though in 1758 Vaudreuil and Bigot 

 gave permission to Marsal's creditors 

 to enjoy it, till 1763, or for the bal- 

 ance of the time for which the con- 

 cession had been made. 



One of the most important of the 

 many concessions of fishing rights 

 that marked the closing years of the 

 French regime was that called in 

 the title deed "la Baie des Esqui- 

 maux dite Baie St. Louis/' known to the aborigines as Kessess- 

 akiou, and to us as Hamilton Inlet. The fishing rights not 

 only in this enormous bay, but also as far as Cap St. Gilles 

 to the north and as the Riviere des Sables to the south, as 

 well as in the river at the head of the bay (the Hamilton) 

 "which discharges into it from the height of land" were con- 



Autograph of Pierre 



Francois de Vaudreuil. 



Second Governor of 



that name. 



Marquis de Vaudreuil. 



Last French Governor 



of Canada. 



