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exclusive of what is conveyed by the boats, 

 unequivocally point out the value and import- 

 ance of this communication. The Isle St. 

 Therese, between Chambly and St. Johns, is 

 two miles long, and about half a mile broad, 

 and with the smaller island adjacent, was 

 granted Nov. 3, 1672, to Sieur Dugue ; it is flat 

 and low, partly covered with small timber and 

 brush-wood, but where it is clear there are some 

 good meadows and fine pasturage for cattle. 

 The Isle du Portage, a little below it, is of no 

 value. Near IsleTherese is a ferry, where the 

 charge for taking across a horse and carriage is 

 one shilling and three-pence ; a single horse, 

 seven-pence halfpenny; and two-pence half- 

 penny each person : in several other places 

 there are ferries, in the vicinity of the main 

 roads from Montreal to the new townships. 



La Chenaie (the seigniory of) lies on the 

 north side of the river St. Jean, or Jesus, in the 

 county of Leinster ; bounded on the north-east 

 by the seigniory of St. Sulpice, on the south- 

 west by that of Terrebonne, and by the town- 

 ships of Kilkenny and Rawdon in the rear ; it 

 contains four leagues in front by six in depth, 

 and was granted l6th April, 1647, to Pierre 

 Legardeur. This tract was afterwards divided, 

 and at present forms the two distinct seig- 

 niories of La Chenaie and L'Assomption ; the 



