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of the lower Gaspereau valley, and formed by the same causes. 
There is, however, another valley parallel with that of Salmon 
River, and probably of the same origin and age. Thus Coal 
Creek, the lower part of Newcastle Creek, and, even perhaps, 
a part of Little River, line up in a manner to suggest that they 
occupy fragments of one old valley which originally emptied 
northeastward, perhaps including a part of Lake Stream and 
the upper course of Salmon River. But all of these details 
remain still to be worked out, and for the most part must await 
the completion of accurate contour maps. 
Supplement to Note 126. — The Ancient Indian Portage 
from Salmon River to the Richibucto. 
It is known locally, as to our historians, that an ancient 
Indian portage connected the Salmon and Richibucto Rivers, 
forming a link in the main route of aboriginal travel between 
the Saint John and extensive territory centering in the Richibucto. 
Its importance was hardly, if at all, inferior to that of the Cains 
River-Gaspereau portage already described in this and a 
preceding Bulletin, and therefore it was one of the most impor- 
tant in all New Brunswick. Its documentary history, with 
other information, is summarized in the Transactions of the 
Royal Society of Canada , III, 1897, ii, 248, and XII, 1906, ii, 
91, 92. In a general way its approximate location is known, 
and shown upon some early maps; but these are far too general 
to permit its exact identification upon the ground, where, 
through long disuse, it has become overgrown with woods to 
its complete obliteration. It was in order to locate, and per- 
manently fix, this interesting place for future historical purposes 
that I undertook the studies which had the following successful 
termination. 
In pursuit of the evidence of tradition I turned to my model 
correspondent, often mentioned in these notes, Mr. P. H. Welch, 
who knows all this region so well; and he not only gave me 
valuable information, but performed a still greater service by 
putting me in communication with Mr. John C. Hutchison, 
now of Harcourt, but until lately a resident of the farm nearest 
the portage. Mr. Hutchison has known this vicinity intimately 
since early boyhood, and remembers clearly when the portage 
path was open all the way from Salmon River to Richibucto. 
