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Fredericton 942 feet, from Chatham 882 feet; hence 9 12 
feet above the sea. 
Forks of Little South Branch. By estimation 50 feet below the 
preceding, and hence 862 feet above the sea. 
Forks of Main South Branch, Mean of two measurements,, 
checked from Fredericton 301 feet, from Chatham 217 
feet ; hence 259 feet above the sea. 
Mouth of Dungarvon. By estimation 10 feet below a station 
which, partly by checked measurements and partly by 
estimation, is 90 feet; hence 80 feet above the sea. 
85. — On the Physiographic Characteristics of the 
Renous River. 
Read November 1, 1904. 
One of the least known, scientifically, of New Brunswick 
rivers is the Renous. In August last (1904), in company with 
my friend, Professor A. H. Pierce, I descended it in a canoe from 
near its source in North Branch Lake to its mouth in the Mira- 
michi, and made the observations which follow. 
The development of our knowledge of the river may be briefly 
traced. Its first appearance is upon the remarkable Franquelin- 
DeMeulles map of 1686 (often mentioned earlier in these notes* *), 
where it bears the name Elchiquck the Dungarvon being called 
Chibouchich .** Following this map, it is shown, though very 
imperfectly, upon later French maps, while its modern represen- 
tation begins with Bonner’s map of 1820, where its lower course 
is clearly shown. It and the Dungarvon are sketched well up- 
their courses on Baillie’s maps of 1832, though with their names 
curiously transposed, but it is first laid down from survey, and 
to near the head of the South Branch, on Saunders’ map of 1842, 
following surveys by Jouett in 1828 (from the mouth to above 
* As under Note 77 (this Bulletin, No. XXII, Vol. V, 215). 
* * The modern Micmacs call this river See-bo-o-sis (plainly the same as Chi- 
bouchich), meaning “a little brook,” which is curiously inappropriate. Its South 
Branch they call El-de-gek, which is probably the same word as DeMeulles 
Elchiquek, in which case DeMeulles has the names transposed, as he has in other 
cases. The name Renous is without question the possessive of the name of the 
Indian chief and family (Renou) living at the mouth of this river at the first 
settlement of the country. Its great branch, the Dungarvon,, a longer river than 
the Renous itself, I hope to consider in a future note. 
