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Report 98-14

VOLUME TWO: 

CHRONOLOGY OF ALL EVENTS (1713-1860)

1763 and 1764 and 1765 and 1767 and 1768 and 1775 and 1777 and 1779 and 1786 and 1787 - 1788 and 1790 and 1793 and 1827 and 1860

1763 - JULY 25

[SUMMARY OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT]

Journal of the WEAZLE (Richards). June 16, 1763 to JULY 25. Halifax to Louisbourg and St. Peter's and back to Halifax.⁽¹¹⁴¹⁾

1763 - OCTOBER 26

[SUMMARY OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT]

Journal of Captain Graham of the AIDBOROUGH, in the vicinity of St. Peter's point on Cape Breton.⁽¹¹⁴²⁾

MAP ND - 70 (1764)

LOUISBOURG MAP NUMBER: ND - 70

TITLE: L'ISLE ROYALE Située a l Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent

DATE: [1764]

AUTHOR: Bellin, J.N.

DETAILS: Bibliothèque Nationale Stamp; Scale: X (lieue)

DESCRIPTION: Port Toulouse; St. Pierre

ANALYSIS: (A) General Details (B) Elevated building complex with a cross ⁽¹¹⁴³⁾

1764 - MAY 11

[SUMMARY OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT]

Board of Trade minutes 11 May 1764; Bradstreet's memorial requesting land' at the island of St. Peter's, Louisbourg and such other encouragement as the Board shall think fit'. ⁽¹¹⁴⁴⁾

1764 - AUGUST 27

[SUMMARY OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT]

Lt. Dundas of the ST. LAWRENCE schooner to cruise between St. Peter, 'Cape Raye', the island of St. Paul, and Louisbourg.⁽¹¹⁴⁵⁾

1764 - SEPTEMBER 17

[SUMMARY OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT]

Wilmot to L. of T. & P. Again the problems of the Indian chief who went to St. Peter's. ⁽¹¹⁴⁶⁾

1764 - NOVEMBER 14

According to Charles Morris:

[SUMMARY OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT]

Halifax, November 14th, 1764.

OBSERVATIONS AND REMARKS ON THE SURVEY MADE BY ORDER OF HIS EXCELLENCY ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE 26TH DAY OF JUNE LAST, ON THE EASTERN COASTS OF NOVA SCOTIA, AND THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE ISLAND OF CAOE BRITTAIN

... ST PETERS ON CAPE BRITTAIN ISLAND

St. Peters was one of the Principal Settlements in the Island of Cape Brittain here lived about 50 Familys but does not appear by the Lands cleared on this Harbour ...⁽¹¹⁴⁷⁾

1765 - MARCH 21

[SUMMARY OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT]

Capt. Raywood to take the MAGDALEN and cruise between Cape Breton and St. Peter to prevent illicit trading.⁽¹¹⁴⁸⁾

1765 - APRIL O3

[SUMMARY OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT]

Capt. Smith of the SQUIRREL to cruise between Cape Breton and St. Peter to prevent illicit trading.⁽¹¹⁴⁹⁾

1765 - JULY 22

[SUMMARY OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT]

The VIPER to cruise between Cape Breton and St. Peter to prevent illicit trade.⁽¹¹⁵⁰⁾

1765 - SEPTEMBER 01

[SUMMARY OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT]

Lt. Dundas to take 8 months' provisions and return to his station between Cape Breton and St. Peter.⁽¹¹⁵¹⁾

MAP 1767 - 02

LOUISBOURG MAP NUMBER: 1767 - 2

TITLE: APLAN of the ISLAND of CAPE BRETON Reduced from the large Survey MADE by the ORDERS and INSTRUCTIONS of the RIGHTHONORABLE the LORDS COMMISSIONERS for TRADE and PLANTATIONS by SAMUEL HOLLAND ESQR: Surveyor General of the Northern District of America & with the Assistance of his Deputies

DATE: 1767

AUTHOR: Holland, Samuel

DETAILS: No Stamp; Legend; Scale: X (leagues)

DESCRIPTION: Port Toulouse

ANALYSIS: General Details.⁽¹¹⁵²⁾

MAP 1768 - 02

LOUISBOURG MAP NUMBER: 1768 - 2

TITLE: MAP OF NOVA SCOTIA OR ACADIA; with the ISLANDS OF CAPE BRETON and ST. JOHN'S, from Actual SURVEYS, by Captn. MONTRESOR, , Engir. 1768.

DATE: 1768

AUTHOR: Montresor, John

DETAILS: No Stamp; Scale: X (English mile)

DESCRIPTION: Port Toulouse; St. Peters

ANALYSIS: (A) General Details (B) Settlement ⁽¹¹⁵³⁾

1768 - NOVEMBER 01

According to Holland, who also noted that the French did not employ any fishing shallops or decked schooners at Port Toulouse:

A DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF CAPE BRITAIN relative to the Plan surveyed, agreeable to the Orders & Instructions of the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations

... Porte Toulouse, or Port Augustus

To Porte Toulouse, or Port Augustus, the Coast is low, with some Coves; & and Beaches; Lands & Woods indifferent along the Coast, but better in Proportion to the Distance from the Shore. This Port is fit for Vessels of 130 Tons, & no Place could be better situated for Trade than this; for the Neck of Land that divides it from St. David's Channel is only 2,400 Feet over; so that it enjoys equally the Navigation of the Lake St. George [Bras d'Or] & the Ocean.

The Land is also very good, of which there is about 300 Acres clear; & the Remains of the French Fort & Settlements are convincing Proofs of what Importance it was of to the French who had constantly here a Party of 50 Men in Garrison, to enforce the Police; & who upon any Emergency could be enforced by the Mission at Famille Islands with any Number of Indians. As no Place can be fortified with less Expence; besides its' other Advantages, I have laid out 8,320 Acres for Frederic Town Lot. Neither can it be any great Objection, that the Port is not of a sufficient Depth, nor Vessels of larger Burden than aforementioned, since Richmond Channel is so nigh, where the greatest may lie in all Safety ... ⁽¹¹⁵⁴⁾

1775 - AUGUST 31

According to a letter of the Governor of St. Pierre et Miquelon, L'Espérance:

[PRÉCIS OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT]

L'envie extrême que j'avais de satisfaire la vôtre sur le mouvements de nos voisins ... je témoignait dernièrement au nommé Abraham Dugas, ancien habitant de l'Isle Royale et à plusieurs autres colons qui font exercer et exercent eux mêmes la pêche en goelettes dans ces Isles, combien j'aurais désiré que quelques uns de nos bâtiments pêcheurs pussent relâcher à la côte de Louisbourg, et me rapporter, s'il était possible, des nouvelles certaines des affaires de Boston. Le dit Dugas, pour répondre à mes désirs, s'embarqua lui-même dans une de ses goelettes et, après avoir resté quelque jours sur le banc de St. Pierre (peu èloigné de l'Isle Royale) se trouvant débarqé par le mauvais temps, prit ce prétexte plausible pour relâcher à Louisbourg; où il reçut du capitaine d'un transport qui arrivait de baston pour se charger en plein de charbon de terre pour l'usage de l'escadre, les information suivantes: ...

Le bois manque absolument à ces troupes d'Angleterre: et leurs chefs ont pris le parti d'envoyer des ouvriers à Louisbourg pour faire tirer des mines qyi y sont une quantité immense de charbon de terre; Le Sieur Dugas qui connait parfaitement ces mines s'y transporta et conversa avec plusieurs de ces ouvriers qui convinrent que ce secours de charbon ne pouvait être que momentané et ne pourrait en aucune manière suppléer au défault du bois dans l'escadre et la garnison si l'une et l'autre hivernent à Boston. Les habitants de l'Isle Royale (ainsi que ceux de Terre-neuve) sont dans une grande disette de vivres. Les Bostonnais ont coutume chaque printemps d'aller traitter à Louisbourg, et cette année il n'y en a paru aucun. Halifax n'est gardé que par des français acadiens qui après la paix ont resté dans cette partie, les habitants anglais ayant été obligés de se joindre la pluspart à l'armée des Royalistes. Le petit nombre d'habitans anglais qui sont à Louisbourg craignent qu'on ne les force également à se réunir à la dite armée.⁽¹¹⁵⁵⁾

MAP 1777 - 02

LOUISBOURG MAP NUMBER: 1777 - 2

TITLE: (A) A View of Louisbourg Harbor on the South Coast of the Island of Cape Breton, the Lighthouse Bearing N.N.E. (B) A View of the Shore to the Westward of Gabbarrus Bay on the South Coast of Cape Breton island (C) West Shore of Richmend Side, near the Entrance of the Gut of Canso (D) View of the S.W. Shore of Cape Breton from St. Peter's Bay Eastward (E) [?] Isles on the [?] Coast of Newfoundland bearing N.N.W. 4 Miles distant (F) S[?] Maria Island the Southermost of the Western Isles bearing N[?]E.9 Leagues distant.

DATE: 1777

AUTHOR: DesBarres, J.F.W.

DETAILS: No Stamp; Scale: N/A

DESCRIPTION: Port Toulouse

ANALYSIS: View ⁽¹¹⁵⁶⁾

MAP 1779 - 03

LOUISBOURG MAP NUMBER: 1779 - 3

TITLE: CARTE RÉDUITE DE L'ACADIE ou NOUVELLE-ECOSSE comprenant une partie de l'île Royale, de l'lle St. Jean et du Canada Conservé au Dépôt Général des Cartes, Plans et Journaux de la Marine. POUR LE SERVICE DES VAISSEAUX DU ROI Par Ordre De M. DE SARTINE, Conseiller d'Etat, Ministre et Secretaire d'Etat, ayant le Département de la Marine. 1779

DATE: 1779

AUTHOR: Anonymous

DETAILS: Service Hydrographique de la Marine Stamp; Scale: N/A

DESCRIPTION: Port Toulouse; St [Peters]

ANALYSIS: General Details. ⁽¹¹⁵⁷⁾

MAP 1779 - 05

LOUISBOURG MAP NUMBER: 1779 - 5 (part)

TITLE: (A) PLAN DE LA BAIE DE NÉRICHAC, A LA CôTE DU SUD DE L'îLE MADAME, Dressé au Dépôt Général des Cartes, Plans, et Journaux de la Marine, d'après un Plan Manuscript de ce Dépôt, Par Ordre De M. DE SARTINE, Conseiller d'Etat, Ministre et Sécrètaire d'Etat ayant le Département de la Marine. 1779 (B) PLAN DU PORT TOULOUSE, A LA CôTE DU SUD DE L'îLE ROYALE, Dressé au Dépôt Général des Cartes, Plans, et Journaux de la Marine, d'après un Plan Manuscript de ce Dépôt, Par Ordre De M. DE SARTINE, Conseiller d'Etat, Ministre et Sécrètaire d'Etat ayant le Département de la Marine. 1779

DATE: 1779 [See 1716 - 6]

DETAILS: Stamp; Scale: X [?]

DESCRIPTION: Port Toulouse; Entrée du Port; Port de la Riviere; Port du Nord; Ancien Port; Nouveau Port; Port des Marchands; Fond de l'Abrador; Extrémité de l'Abrador

ANALYSIS: Harbour Soundings.⁽¹¹⁵⁸⁾

MAP 1786 - 01

LOUISBOURG MAP NUMBER: 1786 - 1

TITLE: Island of Cape Breton

DATE: [1786]

AUTHOR: DesBarres, J.F.W.

DETAILS: Public Record Office Stamp; Scale: X (English mile)

DESCRIPTION: St. Peter's Bay

ANALYSIS: General Details.⁽¹¹⁵⁹⁾

1787-1788 - DESCRIPTION

According to the following description (based on the Holland survey of 1768):

A DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF CAPE BRETON AND ITS DEPENDENCIES ---

Port Toulouse --- (or Augustus) the coast is low with some coves and Sandy Beaches, --- Lands and Woods indifferent along the Coasts but better in proportion to the distance from the Shore --- This Port is fit for Vessels of 130 Tons and no place better situated for Trade than this, -- for the neck of Land that divides this place from St David's Channel is only 2400 feet over, so that it enjoys equally the Navigation of the lake of Saint George and the Ocean. The Land is also very good of which there are about 300 Acreas clear, and the remains of the French Fort and settlements are convincing proofs of the importance it was to the French ...⁽¹¹⁶⁰⁾

MAP ND - 102 (1790)

LOUISBOURG MAP NUMBER: ND - 102

TITLE: N/A

DATE: [1790]

AUTHOR: Anonymous

DETAILS: Public Record Office Stamp; Scale: N/A

DESCRIPTION: St. Peters.

ANALYSIS: General Details. ⁽¹¹⁶¹⁾

MAP ND - 103 (1790)

LOUISBOURG MAP NUMBER: ND - 103

TITLE: A plan of the Island of Cape Breton Divided into counties

DATE: [1790]

AUTHOR: Lt. governor Macarmick

DETAILS: No Stamp; Scale: X (leagues)

DESCRIPTION: ...Port Augustus; Mount Grenville

ANALYSIS: (A) General Details (B) Building Locations; Harbour Soundings.⁽¹¹⁶²⁾

1793 - JULY 01

[SUMMARY OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT]

St. Peter's List of Custom House charges at St. Pierre. ⁽¹¹⁶³⁾

MAP 1827 - 02

LOUISBOURG MAP NUMBER: 1827 - 2

TITLE: MAP of the Island of CAPE BRETON, shewing the Situation and extent of the Granted & Ungranted Lands ...

DATE: 1827

AUTHOR: Crawley, A.H.

DETAILS: No Stamp; Scale: X (miles)

DESCRIPTION: St. Peters Bay; Mount Grenville

ANALYSIS: General Details.⁽¹¹⁶⁴⁾

MAP 1860 - 01

LOUISBOURG MAP NUMBER: 1860 - 1

TITLE: MOUTHS OF THE MIRÉ AND GRAND RIVERS. Cape Breton. 1860

DATE: 1860

AUTHOR: Anonymous

DETAILS: No Stamp; Scale: X (miles)

DESCRIPTION: ST. PETER'S.⁽¹¹⁶⁵⁾

ENDNOTES

1141. England, Public Record Office, Admiralty 51, Volume 1054, [July 25, 1763], part 11, no pagination.

1142. England, Public Record Office, Admiralty 51, Volume 28, October 26, 1763. No pagination.

1143. France, Bibliothèque Nationale , Bellin, J.N., "Le Petit Atlas Maritime", 1764, Volume 01, Number 22.

1144. England, Public Record Office, Colonial Office 391, Volume 71, 1764, May 11, 1764, p. 197-201.

1145. England, Public Record Office, Admiralty 50, Volume 04, August 27, 1764.

1146. England, Public Record Office, Colonial Office 217, Volume 21, September 17, 1764, ff. 234-235.

1147. Report Concerning the Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume 02 (Ottawa, S. E. Dawson, 1906), p. 216.

1148. England, Public Record Office, Admiralty 50, Volume 04, March 21, 1765.

1149. England, Public Record Office, Admiralty 50, Volume 04, April 03, 1765.

1150. England, Public Record Office, Admiralty 50, Volume 04, July 22, 1765.

1151. England, Public Record Office, Admiralty 50, Volume 04, September 01, 1765.

1152. United States, Wm. L. Clements Library, University of Michigan (Ann Arbour, Michigan).

1153. United States, John Carter Brown Library (Providence, R.I.).

1154. Great Britain, Public Record Office, Colonial Office 5, Volume 70, ff. 10-45, November 01, 1768.

1155. France, Archives Nationales, Colonies, C 12, August 31, 1775, ff.70-71v.

1156. Canada, National Archives of Canada, Neptune, Volume 02, Part 04, Number 67.

1157. France, Bibliothèque Nationale , Cartes et Plans, Service Hydrographique de la Marine, 132-2-29.

1158. N/A.

1159. England, Public Record Office, Colonial Office 700/N.S. 66.

1160. Canada, Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Volume 332, Document 06, Transcripts from Great Britain, Public Record Office, Cape Breton Papers, Volume 02, 1787-1788.

1161. England, Public Record Office, Colonial Office 700/Nova Scotia/69.

1162. England, Public Record Office, MPG 194 (Colonial Office 217/106).

1163. England, Public Record Office, War Office 01, Volume 15, July 01, 1793, f. 54.

1164. England, Public Record Office, M.R. 1356.

1165. England, Public Record Office, (M.P.G., 403 (33).

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