McKenzie, James. Some Account of the King's Posts, the Labrador Coast, and the Island of Anticosti by an Indian Trader Residing there Several Years with a Description of the Natives and the Journal of a trip through those Countries in 1808 by the Same Person. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0017
of Cul de Sac and St Roc so the people of Murray Bay seem to have formed their manners upon those of their next neighbours the polished inhabitants of the Kings Posts.
The 1st of Augt we left Murray Bay early in the morning and with the help of a strong Current we got in good time to Tadousac. Before we arrived at this place the Tide very uncivilly left us to wait its return upon the center of Batteur des Alouettes a Bank on the west side of the River Sagunay which dries every tide and extends three leagues into the River St Lawrence.
The Black River which forms the Western boundary line of the Kings Posts is but a Rivulet[.] A few salmon are caught at the entrance of it in the Summer by the Micmacs from the south shore and the people of Murray Bay who have many fierce Engagements upon this occasion.
Tadousac from its centrical situation is considered the head Quarters of the Kings Posts. It is here the French are said to have first landed and to have built a small Town after their arrival in Canada but no other vestige now remains of such a place than the foundation of a few houses. The present Buildings consisting
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