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Medoctec Tablet 74 Bell of Old Medoctec Chapel 76 Signature of Jean Loyard 78 Paul Mascarene 88 Old Fort at Worden’s 91 Woodman’s Point—site of Fort Boishebert 104 Colonel Robert Monckton 125 Sketch Map of River St. John in 1758 129 Isle au Garce, or Emenenic 130 Inscription on Medoctec Stone 141 Plan—Aukpaque and Surroundings 146 Bruce’s Plan of St. John Harbor 151 Signature of Peter Fisher 155 Plan of Maugerville 163 The Congregational Church at Maugerville 172 A Cottage of Today 185 Signatures 188 Ice-jam, 1902 197 Plan of Townships 212 Plan of Grants to Simonds & White 231 Old Hazen House and Grounds 242 Signature Joseph Mathurin Bourg 253 Fort Howe in 1781 278 Signature of Major G. Studholme 281 Fort Howe in 1818 282 St. John Harbor, showing Mast Dock 304

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Born and reared upon the banks of the River Saint John, I have always loved it, and have found a charm in the study of everything that pertains to the history of those who have dwelt beside its waters.

In connection with the ter-centenary of the discovery of the river by de Monts and Champlain, on the memorable 24th of June, 1604, the chapters which follow were contributed, from time to time, to the Saturday edition of the Saint John Daily Telegraph. With the exception of a few minor corrections and additions, these chapters are reprinted as they originally appeared. Some that were hurriedly written, under pressure of other and more important work, might be revised with advantage. Little attempt at literary excellence has been practicable. I have been guided by an honest desire to get at the facts of history, and in so doing have often quoted the exact language of the writers by whom the facts were first recorded. The result of patient investigation, extending over several years, in the course of which a multitude of documents