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Pointe au Bodêt is situated nearly half way on the north side of lake St. Francis, which is about 25 miles long, and narrower throughout. The object of dividing the province of Quebec at a stone boundary, in the cove, west of this point,

was apparently in order that the seignioral grants, under French tenure, should be comprehended in the province of Lower Canada, and that the new seigniories or townships, which were laid out for the loyalists, should be within the province of Upper Canada; the said stone boundary being the limit between the uppermost French seigniory (Mr. De Longueïl's) on the river St. Lawrence, and the lower new seigniory of Lancaster, surveyed for the disbanded troops and loyalists; his Majesty having in the year 1788, signified his intention that they should be placed upon the same footing in all respects as the loyalists in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, by having their lands granted to them in free and common soccage.

In passing from the Pointe au Bodêt, westward, through lake St. Francis, and up the river St. Lawrence, the route is generally made on the north shore. Lancaster is the first township fronting this lake, it extends nine miles, which is the ordinary size of all townships, and extending twelve miles back from the front. Lancaster is watered by three small rivers, one of which empties itself to the east, and another to the west of Pointe Mouillée, which projects into the lake towards the centre of the township.

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The next township is Charlottenburg, well wa tered by the river aux Raisins, which, rising in the township of Osnabruck, runs through that and the township of Cornwall, and discharges itself into lake St. Francis, at the south-east angle of Char

lottenburg, eastward of Point Johnson. In front of this township are several small islands.

Between Charlottenburg and Cornwall is a small tract possessed by the Indians, who have a considerable village on the south shore, called St. Regis; and in this part of the river St. Lawrence lie several islands, one called Petite Isle St. Regis, immediately opposite their village; and another, Grande Isle St. Regis, a little higher up, opposite to the town of Cornwall.

In the rear of Charlottenburg is the township of Kenyon.

The township of Cornwall adjoins next;-in the front is the town, of a mile square, lying in a commodious bay of the river, and watered by a small rivulet which runs through the town. Two branches of the river aux Raisins pass through the lands of this township; and in the front thereof are the Isles aux mille Roches, et des Chenaux Ecartées; Grand Isle St. Regis lying in front of the town. In the rear of this township is the township of Roxburgh.

The township of Osnabruck lies above Cornwall; the river aux Raisins rises here in several branches; it has two other streams which run into St. Lawrence in front, off which lies the Isle au Longue Sault, Isle de trois Chenaux Ecartées, Isles au Diable, et Isle au Chat.

The Rapid, called the Long Sault, lies in front of this township; the boats in going up keep the north shore, in a great measure to avoid the rapidity of

the current; but, in descending, they universally pass between the islands and the south shore, that being the largest, deepest, and altogether the safest passage. The inhabitants of late years have taken down their grain with safety, on rafts, to the Montreal markets.

Many people think that the lumber trade is carried on with more safety down these rapids, than by those which pass Chambly from lake Champlain; it being a frequent observation at Quebec, that the rafts from the Upper St. Lawrence are less ragged than those which come from lake Champlain. There is, however, some little additional risk to the rafts from Upper Canada, by reason of having to pass the small lakes St. Francis and St. Louis; all broad waters being more or less against the rafting trade. But as the lake St. Pierre, which is larger than either St. Francis or St. Louis, must be passed, whether from lake Champlain, or the Upper St. Lawrence, there is no doubt but the lumber trade will find its way down the St. Lawrence. Some settlers have already made the attempt, even from the head of the Bay of Quinté; and when the produce of that very fertile country shall be exported for the Montreal or foreign markets, the raft will answer a double purpose; it requires but few hands to manage it; and grain, or pot-ash, may be carried as dry as in any other way.

The township of Williamsburgh is next above Osnabruck; it has but few streams. There are

some islands in its front; among the rest, Isle au rapid Plat, the west end of which lies also in front of Matilda, the next township. In the front is Point aux Pins, and Point Iroquois ; the latter of which has the advantage in a great measure of commanding the passage up and down the St. Lawrence. A few islands lie in the front of this township, and a peninsula, which is insulated at high water.

Matilda is the next township above Williamsburgh.

Edwardsburgh is the next township; in the front part of which is Johnstown, of a mile square. This, with the town of Cornwall, has been most judiciously seated, the one being immediately above, the other below, the rapids of the Upper St. Lawrence, and of course easy of access, from the lake St. Francis below, to Cornwall; and from Johnstown vessels may be navigated with safety to Queenstown, above Niagara, and to all the ports of the lake Ontario. In the front of this township is Pointe au Cardinal, Pointe au Gallop, Point Ivrogne, and Pointe au Foin; and several islands, among which are Hospital Island, and Isle du Fort Levy, where the French had a garrison, the ruins of which are still to be seen.

A little above Johnstown, on the south shore, is the American fort Oswegatchie, situated on a river of that name.

Augusta lies above Edwardsburgh; it has but few streams; Pointe au Barril is in front.