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From the River du Loup by a portage of 18 leagues to Lake Temiscouata. From Madaoechka to Grand Falls. From Grand Falls to Medoctek. From Ecouba to Jemsec. From Jemsec, leaving the River St. From Petkoudiak to Memeramcouk descending the river which bears that name. From Nechkak to Beausejour."
Count Frontenac's interest in the family continued, and on March 23, 1691, a grant of a large tract of land on the River St. John was made to Marie Francoise Chartier, widow of the Sieur de Soulanges. Her seigniory included the larger portion of Gagetown parish in Queens county, the central point being opposite her old residence or, as the grant expresses it, "vis-a-vis la maison de Jemsec."
John were the abandoned ruins of La Tour's old fort; and on a spot less exposed, at some distance up the river, stood the small wooden fort of Jemsec, with a few intervening clearings.
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