The British Dominions in North America: Or, A Topographical and Statistical Description of the Provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the Islands of Newfoundland, Prince Edward, and Cape Breton. Including Considerations on Land-granting and Emigration. To which are Annexed Statistical Tables and Tables of Distances &c. ...H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1831 |
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... Lawrence , and Three Fathom Harbour , which are suitable only for small vessels . The township of Preston is situated on the east of the township of Dartmouth , and on the north and in the rear of Lawrence Town . It was laid out and ...
... Lawrence , and Three Fathom Harbour , which are suitable only for small vessels . The township of Preston is situated on the east of the township of Dartmouth , and on the north and in the rear of Lawrence Town . It was laid out and ...
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... Lawrence and is bounded w . by Dautré . It extends 14 league along the river and one in depth ; and , with the adjacent Isle au Foin and the intermediate islets , was conceded , 29th Oct. , 1672 , to the Sieurs de Comporté . The soil is ...
... Lawrence and is bounded w . by Dautré . It extends 14 league along the river and one in depth ; and , with the adjacent Isle au Foin and the intermediate islets , was conceded , 29th Oct. , 1672 , to the Sieurs de Comporté . The soil is ...
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... Lawrence . The entrance of the Batiscan is obstructed by a sand bar , but , the water being deep , it is navigable for several miles , when the stream becomes impeded by rapids and falls . This river affords an abundant supply of the ...
... Lawrence . The entrance of the Batiscan is obstructed by a sand bar , but , the water being deep , it is navigable for several miles , when the stream becomes impeded by rapids and falls . This river affords an abundant supply of the ...
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... Lawrence , with which it unites its waters near the village of Berthier opposite Isle Castor . This R. is deep and navigable for loaded boats for 4 or 5 m . from its mouth ; higher up its naviga- tion is prevented by rapids and falls ...
... Lawrence , with which it unites its waters near the village of Berthier opposite Isle Castor . This R. is deep and navigable for loaded boats for 4 or 5 m . from its mouth ; higher up its naviga- tion is prevented by rapids and falls ...
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... Lawrence there re- mains little timber , but , penetrating farther into the interior , much may be found of first rate quality . Several small streams water the S. very 4,890 plentifully , and the augmentation is intersected by the ...
... Lawrence there re- mains little timber , but , penetrating farther into the interior , much may be found of first rate quality . Several small streams water the S. very 4,890 plentifully , and the augmentation is intersected by the ...
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acres Annual Agricultural Produce arpents Artisans banks Batiscan Bay of Fundy Becancour birch bounded N. E. breadth British Bushels Carding-mills casks Chambly Chicoutimi church colonies Concession Corn-mills côté Cows cultivation Curés d'Intendance deux lieues district dite Ditto emigration extends faite falls farms feet fief fish fisheries fleuve St folio Gaspé Gilles Hocquart Gouverneur granted Halifax harbour Horses Oxen Indian corn inhabitants island Isle Jacques Cartier Jean Jean Talon Kamouraska L'Assomption Lake St Laurent Lawrence leagues in front lieues de profondeur Live Stock Lower Canada maple Marquis de Beauharnois miles mills Montreal mountains mouth navigable Nova Scotia Ottawa Peas pine places population portage Potatoes Presbyteries province Quebec range rear Richelieu rises Rivière road runs Saguenay Saw-mills Seigneurie seigniory settled settlements settlers Sheep shore side Sieur soil spruce Statistics streams Swine Taverns terre de front timber town township tract traverses vessels village Wheat Oats Yamaska
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Sivu 189 - Majesty's dominions in America ; and that the American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours, and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Sivu 181 - Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish. And also that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland, as British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island), and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks of all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Sivu 189 - Whereas differences have arisen respecting the Liberty claimed by the United States for the Inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, and cure Fish on certain Coasts, Bays, Harbours, and Creeks of His Britannic Majesty's Dominions in America, it is agreed between The High Contracting Parties, that the Inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the Liberty to take Fish of every kind on that part of the Southern...
Sivu 188 - States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland; also, in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Sivu 189 - America, it is agreed between the high contracting parties that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have for ever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind...
Sivu 189 - Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen Islands, and also on the coasts, bays, harbours and creeks from Mount Joly on the southern coast of Labrador, to and through the straits of Belle Isle and thence northwardly indefinitely along the coast...
Sivu 173 - A space large enough for a door, and another for a window, are cut through the walls ; under the centre of the cottage, a square pit or cellar is dug, for the purpose of preserving potatoes and other vegetables during winter ; over this a floor of boards or logs, hewn flat on the upper side, is laid, and another over head, to form a sort of garret. When...
Sivu 227 - And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan ; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. 7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
Sivu 132 - ... of the nearest stream, or at once to the stream itself; fallen trees and other impediments in the way of the oxen are cut away with an axe. " The whole winter is thus spent in unremitting labour: the snow covers the ground from two to three feet from the setting in of winter until April ; and, in the middle of fir forests, often till the middle of May.