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later, though still very ancient, changes which turned the upper 
courses of the Nictorian river into this U psalquitchian valley by 
the short easterly reach between the First Forks and Paradise 
Pond. 
Finally we notice the possible economic future of this region. 
It is absolutely impossible for agriculture, and almost valueless for 
timber, for it will require generations to reforest the region (if 
it can ever be done), and such little lumber as exists is mostly 
too expensive to bring out. No minerals are known to occur 
there, and the nature of the formations does not promise wealth 
of this kind. It is, however, a great game country, especially for 
caribou, which find on these barrens their congenial home. This 
suggests its only apparent economic future, which is as a hunting 
ground, and the only question is how the Province may best 
realize the greatest advantage therefrom. 
Place-Nomenclature. — Following is the origin of names used 
on the map. Some of them were given previously to this year, as 
noted earlier in this paper : — Denys for Nicolas Denys, early 
French Governor of all the North Shore ; Cartier for Jacques 
Cartier, the explorer ; Winemowet and Halion, for Indian chiefs, 
early prominent in the province; Marie, for Marie ( Madame) de la 
Tour ; DesBarres, for a prominent early surveyor of our coasts ; 
Emery’s Gulch is probably for some early hunter or lumberman ; 
Minto Brook, of course for the present Governor General of Can- 
ada, is from a plan, showing its head, by W. B. Hoyt. Of the new 
names, Elizabeth is for Louise Elizabeth Joibert, born at St. John 
in 1673, wife of one Governor General of Canada and mother of 
another ; Kagoot is the Indian name of the South Branch ; Scudon 
is a simplified form of Chkoudun, Indian chief at St. John in 
1606 ; Ambroise, for Ambroise St. Aubin, an “august and noble”" 
chief on the St. John in 1777; Julian, for a family of Micmacs 
friendly to the whites ; Francis, for a chief at Miramichi in 1761 ; 
Acquin, for Gabe Acquin, a well-known chief and hunter, who 
died at St. Marys a few years ago ; Neptune, for Louis Neptune, 
prominent chief of the Passamaquoddies ; Chiefs, simply for 
Indian chiefs and to answer to Acadians and Missionaries 
Ranges near by ; Micmac and Maliseet, for the two Indian tribes 
of New Brunswick ; Notch is descriptive ; Hannay, Raymond, 
Fisher, and Murdoch are the names of the principal historians who 
have written on New Brunswick ; Pierce is for my companion of 
the voyage ; and Paradise Pond is in memory of a place at our 
