[? Arrigrand, Gratien d'] (?1730$) (Entrepreneur at Louisbourg). Plan of Isle St. Jean. [P.E.|. PARO, Map 0,547]

PARO Map 0,547 (See Figure 5) is a French period map showing a rough sketch of the whole of lie Saint-Jean as well as the adjacent main/and, with emphasis placed on what appear to be directions and soundings for sailing from Canso to Port La-Joie. The only date on the map is in the upper right corner in hand-writing different from that of the map itself: "B.T. Maps. Vol. 9, No. 72. Enclosure in letter of 17 May 1764" [not visible in photocopy]. B. T. stands for the Board of Trade in London and indicates that the map must have been passed to that office in 1 764 — why or how is not known. The name ’M’. D’Arrigrand’ is written prominently and neatly at the bottom of the map in the same hand-writing as much of the writing on the map. This would appear to be a reference to Gratien d ’Arrigrand lb. 7684, last heard of at Louisbourg in 7754/, a soldier and entrepreneur who is best known for his involvement in illicit activities in connection with the contract for the fortifications at Louisbourg in the 1 7203 and 7 7305. D’Arrigrand is not known to have had any connection with l7e Saint-Jean, though Jacques de Pensens, the commandant at Port La-Joie, seems to have also been involved in the same illicit dealings. Whether D’Arrigrand made the map himself, had someone else draw it, or simply owned it, is not known. However, on the map itself there is a piece of evidence that suggests that he had a direct connection with it: in the area between Tracadie Bay and Savage Harbour are written the words ’Beaux pignadas’ in the same hand-writing as the ’M’. D’Arrigrand’ noted above: pignada (meaning pine forest) is a dialect word used only in the south-west of France, which is precisely the area of D 'Arrigrand’s birth and up-bringing (he was born in Béarn near the Pyrenees). The contents of the map itself suggest that it could not have been made before 1728: it shows a ‘chemin' running from Port La-Joie to Malpec which is not likely to pre-date the founding of the settlement at Malpec in 7728. A terminus ante quem may be 7734, the year by which two trails from Trois Rivieres had been completed by Jean-Pierre Roma, one to Sain t-Pierre and the other to Port La-Joie, neither of which is shown on the map. The two statements concerning cedar and pine are valuable because they are geographically specific.

REFERENCES:

Adams, B. (1978) The construction and occupation of the barrack’s of the King’s Bastion at Louisbourg. Canadian Historic Sites, Occasional Papers in Archeology and History, No. 18. Parks Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs. Anon. (1988) Trésor de la Langue Francaise. Vol. 13, p. 362. Gallimard, Nancy.

Thorpe, F. J. (1974) Arrigrand, Gratien (1’. Dictionary of Canadian Biography, III: 20.

Cedar at W95! P017"- Pointe de i'ouest 0121 il ya des Cedres.

Fine pine forest

, Beaux i nadas near Tracadie. p 9

[Map 0,547 PARO]

Cedar at West Point. West Point where there are cedars.

Fine pine forest

, Fine pine forests. near Tracadie.

[Map 0,547 PARO]

(See Figure 5 on the next page for the location of these descriptions on the map.)

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