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There is perhaps a minor valley east of this, including possibly 
some of the west branch Digdeguash and Upper Waweig, which 
emptied through Bocabec Bay and Letite Passage, forming the 
latter. 
5. The Digdeguasian Valley . — This appears to arise as far 
north as Bull’s Creek (perhaps even in branches of Mednuxna- 
keag), includes the Upper Eel River, the three Eel River lakes. 
La Coote Lake, the Digdeguash lakes (or possibly as on the dotted 
line of the map), thence to the Digdeguash itself, whose course it 
follows with perhaps a branch from Bolton Brook to near its 
present mouth, where it may have emptied by Letite Passage, or it 
may have crossed in part by the small streams shown on the maps,, 
to Letang, forming the deep entrance to that harbor. 
6. The Magadavian Valley . — The lower course of this river 
is fairly clear, but tw'o possible branches may be traced at its head 
with two others lower down. One branch may have originated 
north of Eel River, in Pokomoonshine Brook, following Eel River 
to Pocowagamis Brook, Skiff Lake, Grassy Lake and Upper 
Cranberry Brook to Upper Trout Brook and the Magaguadavic. 
A second branch seems to have included Eel River below Benton* 
(and possibly the brook through Spearville and even Bull’s 
Creek above Debec) through Pine Swamp Brook to Sheogomoc 
waters, (following the railroad at Canterbury), through second 
Sheogomoc Lake, Big Duck Lake, Duck Brook across Magagua- 
davic Lake and along the present Magaguadavic (or a stream 
west of it to Davis Brook) and by the present Magaguadavic to 
near Brook of Sticks, where it may have crossed through the low 
ground into Kedron, and by Kedron Brook to the Magaguadavic. 
(Compare Note 73, and its map of Oromocto Lake) Or it may 
even have crossed through the small gap in the ridge west of Oro- 
mocto Lake, across the lake to Kedron waters, as shown by the 
dotted line on the map. The third branch probably originated in 
Charlie Lake (and perhaps farther north in a part of the St, John 
and Bull’s Creek), thence running to first Sheogomoc Lake, thence 
to Little Magaguadavic Lake, thence through the gap between 
Blaney and Magaguadavic Ridges, through Deadwater .Brook into 
the head of Oromocto Lake, through that lake into Kedron and 
thence into the Magaguadavic. A fourth, and very minor, branch 
perhaps originated northeast of Oromocto Lake, flowed southeast 
through Little Lake and Peltoma thence into Piskehegan and the 
Magaguadavic. The deviation of the two latter branches to the 
* It seems possible that Eel River had a former, perhaps immediately pre-glacial, outlet 
from Benton eastward along the general course of the present highway and the old Indiani 
portage. 
