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of which sprung immense quantities of the 

 shrubs that bear the berries after which it is 

 named. — The rivers Chateauguay and St, Louis 

 run through the seigniory from south-west to 

 north-east : out of the former many, and not in-* 

 considerable, streams branch off to the interior, 

 some of them crossing the province line into 

 the American territory ; of these the principal 

 ones are called the English River, Bean River, 

 Riviere aux Outardes and Sturgeon River. The 

 Chateauguay is a fine river, navigable for boats 

 and the usual river-craft : rafts of large quan- 

 tities of the timber felled in Beauharnois, and 

 the adjacent townships of Godmanchester and 

 Hinchinbrook are brought down by it into the 

 St. Lawrence. There are roads leading along it, 

 from whence others run to the United States. 

 A great number of concessions are made, but 

 as yet not much more than a fourth part of them 

 are cleared and settled ; they are dispersed 

 over the seigniory as follows : in Russel Town, 

 100 lots abutting upon the township of Hem* 

 mingford; in South George Town, 17 lots reach- 

 ing from the south side of the Chateauguay to 

 the EnglishRiver ; in Wilham's Town, 1 10 lots on 

 the south side of Chateauguay, and on both 

 sides of Bean River; in Ann's Town, 95 lots on 

 the St. Lawrence ^nd the north bank of the 



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