New Brunswick -- Description and travel; New Brunswick -- History
minister of that denomination.
Another large lake called Washademoak, lies a little below the Jemseg,
and is separated from the Grand Lake by a range of highland. This lake
is from twenty-four to thirty miles long, and from two to three miles
wide. A stream falls into this lake, called the Washademoak river,
which rises near the bend of the Peticodiac. It has a settlement along
its banks, called New-Canaan. There is a mixture of intervals and
upland along this settlement, well covered with timber of various
kinds. The Washademoak lake is well settled, and empties into the St.
John, opposite Long Island.
The Parishes on the western side of the river are Gagetown and
Hampstead. Gagetown is regularly laid out, and is the county town. It
has a handsome Church, with a settled Pastor; a Court-House and Gaol,
with several fine private buildings. As was observed before, several
fine Islands lie in this county, one of them, named Long Island, is six
miles in length and well improved. It has a neat Church, in which
divine service is occasionally performed. It has likewise a tavern,
with as good accommodations and as well kept as any in the country. The
streams in this county on the western side of the river, have nothing
peculiar to merit a particular description. Gagetown Creek runs past
the Township of that name, and facilitates the navigation of that part
of the country, and the Ocnabog is the tunnel through which the waters
of a small lake of that name are discharged into the Saint John. I must
not forget to notice that in front of Gagetown there is a bend in the
river, which some ill natured person has saddled with the forbidding
name of "No Man's Friend" although there is nothing unfriendly about
the place, and it should rather be called "Pleasant Reach" as the
adjoining country is very pleasant.
A new Parish has lately been erected in this County, called Brunswick,
which lies back of Waterborough and Wickham, and comprehends the
settlement of New-Canaan and the district adjoining.
SECTION IV.
KING'S COUNTY.
Lies likewise on both sides of the river Saint John, and is bounded on
the North by a line running South West and North East, from the South
point of Spoon Island in the river Saint John. On the East by
Northumberland and Westmorland. On the West by Charlotte, and on the
South by the County of Saint John. It contains seven thousand nine
hundred and thirty inhabitants.
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