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at some period or other, submerged beneath 

 the wide-spreading wave of the St. Lawrence, 

 and that the elevations in question formed 

 islands, or rocks, exposed to the action of the 

 waters. The progressive diminution of the 

 river, and its withdrawing into the compara- 

 tive narrow channel that it now occupies, 

 would become an interesting subject for the 

 researches of the oeologist ; but as it does not 

 fall within the province of the topographer, the 

 enquiry may be dispensed with here. 



Granville (the seigniory of) is bounded 

 by Camouraska on the south-west. Islet du 

 Portage on the north-east, the St. Lawrence in 

 the front, and the unsurveyed township of 

 Bungay in the rear; one league in breadth by 

 three in depth ; granted October 5th, 1707, 

 to Marie Anne de Granville, widow of Sieur de 

 Soulange. 



Islet du Portage (the seigniory of) lies 

 between those of Granville and Lachenaye, 

 bounded in the rear by waste crown lands; 

 one league in frbnt along the river, and one in 

 depth; granted October 29th, 1672, to Sieur 

 de Granville. 



Granville and Lachenaye (the seig- 

 niory of), in the county of Cornwallis, having 

 its front to the river, is bounded on the south- 



