The French called the area Etang des Barges, meaning Boat Pond or Boat Harbour. (map — page 6) This particular location is now known as Long Pond in the Prince Edward Island National Park.* In the 1752 cenSus

there were only two families listed at Etang des Berges as follows:

Jacques Boudrot, fisherman and farmer, a native of Cape Breton, thrity-three years of age, married to Marguerite Chaisson, aged twenty-five years. They have one daughter, Marie Boudrot, aged two years.>

They possess two cows, one ox, one heifer, three pigs, three hens and a fishing boat. They hold their land situated on the edge of the pond from a grant by M. de la Bonaventure on which they have cleared land to sow six bushels of wheat.

Jacques Chaisson, fisherman and farmer, age 60, married to Marie

Arsenault, age __ They have seven sons and two daughters. Name Age Pierre 27 Paul 25 Jacques 23 Michel 21 Joseph 15 Jean 13 Armand 7 Madelaine 18 Elizabeth 14

Marie - Joseph Hebert, a native of Acadia, aged six years.

They have the following live stock: nine cows, ten oxen, seven calves, one mare, nine pigs, fifteen hens.1

* National Park information calls long Pond a barrier-beach pond. This has resulted from drifting beach sand framing a barrier across the lower end of a small glacial valley thus altering the picture completely.

1. Vol. II, Annual Report of the Canadian Archives, 1905

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