FISHERIES OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC 



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ceded on the 20th September, 1749, by Jonquiere and Bigot, 

 to the widow of the late Sieur Fornel, of the said bay, for 



INDIAN HARBOR, BETWEEN SANDWICH BAY AND HAMIL- 

 ILTON INLET. 



a term of twelve years. It was her husband, the late Louis 

 Fornel, who claimed to have been the discoverer of Esqui- 

 maux Bay, and who wrote a description of it in 1743, which 

 is now in the "Correspondance Generale" of the colonies at 

 Paris. 1 Half a century before Fornel wrote his account of 

 the Bay, it had been visited by Jolliet and de Lage. 



For possession of this territory or at least of its fishing 

 and trading rights, there had been much rivalry and competi- 

 tion for some years previously. We have seen that the 

 seigniorial rights were granted in 1706 to Amador Godefroy 

 de St. Paul. The son of this latter wrote to the French 

 Minister in 1739, asking for a ratification of the concession. 

 The Minister referred the application to Messrs de Beauhar- 

 nois and Hocquart, who in September, 1740 reported that the 

 Sieur Fornel, merchant of Quebec, as well as Sieurs Daine 



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