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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Sivu 13
... mouth of the harbour , lies M'Nabb's Island , on the western side of which stands Sherbrooke Tower , a circular stone battery , on the top of which is a lantern . This island forms two entrances to the harbour - the eastern passage ...
... mouth of the harbour , lies M'Nabb's Island , on the western side of which stands Sherbrooke Tower , a circular stone battery , on the top of which is a lantern . This island forms two entrances to the harbour - the eastern passage ...
Sivu 19
... mouth , on which is twenty - two feet at low water : inside the bar it becomes a capacious and beautiful basin , with five , six , and nine fathom anchorage on a muddy bottom . It is admirably well situated on the Straits of ...
... mouth , on which is twenty - two feet at low water : inside the bar it becomes a capacious and beautiful basin , with five , six , and nine fathom anchorage on a muddy bottom . It is admirably well situated on the Straits of ...
Sivu 25
... mouth of the noble bay of that name . It was settled by loyalists from New York , who en- gaged largely in the lumber trade , which is still carried on in this part of the country . Wallace Bay is navigable for the largest ships for ...
... mouth of the noble bay of that name . It was settled by loyalists from New York , who en- gaged largely in the lumber trade , which is still carried on in this part of the country . Wallace Bay is navigable for the largest ships for ...
Sivu 32
... mouth , upon a snug and commodious harbour . It is a very thriving town , and carries on a very considerable lumber trade and fishery . There are seven saw - mills , two grist - mills , and a fulling - mill , in this township , and an ...
... mouth , upon a snug and commodious harbour . It is a very thriving town , and carries on a very considerable lumber trade and fishery . There are seven saw - mills , two grist - mills , and a fulling - mill , in this township , and an ...
Sivu 46
... mouth of the Bay of Fundy , in summer , but do not extend inland . The climate is remarkably healthy , and con- ducive to longevity . A great proportion of the inhabitants live to a very advanced age , not uncommonly to ninety and one ...
... mouth of the Bay of Fundy , in summer , but do not extend inland . The climate is remarkably healthy , and con- ducive to longevity . A great proportion of the inhabitants live to a very advanced age , not uncommonly to ninety and one ...
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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.