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vessels of twenty-five tons burthen, many 

 of wHich are constantly employed in trans- 

 porting to Quebec the pfoduce of this ex- 

 cellent tract, consisting of grain, butter, poul- 

 try, live-stock, and a coarse species of woollen 

 cloth manufactured here. Where the post- 

 road arrives at this river there is a ferry, with 

 scows and canoes always in attendance. In 

 so populous a seignior}'' it is strange that a 

 bridge has not been built ; the want of one has, 

 however, been so much felt, that such a measure 

 is said to be in contemplation. A handsome 

 church and parsonage stand on the eastern 

 bank of Riviere Quelle, by the side of the main 

 road, and almost opposite is the manor-house : 

 at the mouth of the river is the telegraph sta- 

 tion No. 9- In the St. Lawrence, about the 

 entrance of River Quelle, a porpoise fishery is 

 carried on ; but, either from less attention 

 being paid to it, or the fish not frequenting the 

 spot so much as formerly, it is not now so pro- 

 ductive as it used to be. 



St. Denis (fief), in the county of Cornwal- 

 lis, lies between River Quelle (seigniory) and 

 Camouraska, and is bounded in the rear by 

 the unsurveyed township of Woodbridge; it 

 has about a league in breadth by four in 

 depth; granted May 12th, 1679, to Sieur de 

 St. Denis, for, and in the name of, Joseph Ju- 



