- 2 - perouo settlement. Old stories were told and hand¬ ed down, father to sots from the first British settlers in this district, of the discovery of ruins of French cabins or huts and the remains of fire¬ places. The Holm family, out from Scotland in the early 1800's were encouraged to build their first saw mill on the upper right fork of on site of an old French mill, and evidence that the stream had been dammed many long years before. The Acadian French settler always dyked the marsh¬ land along the rivors to provide pasture in summer and hay for livestock in winter. Even today 1975» the remains of dykes can plainly be seen on the eastern bank of the main above the Trans Can&da road and bridge; these earth¬ works were named "The Frenchman's Banks" by the early British aettlere. Probably the first settler in this area; - always called "Sable" (Saw-bis) by the old timers was a Scotchman who, not only spelled his name Stuart, but claimed relationship with the Royal Stuarts of Scotland . He built his sturdy log house, which, J >