Forest clearance at ’the point’.
6000 stumps 0:2> a half foot diameter.
Some stumps very large.
Building materials.
Some wood brought from ’the other side of the rivers’.
Wood fencing.
Works in the establishment of the Company of lle Saint-Jean from 18 June 1732 to 18 August 1734.
Works: Cleared the point within a length of 1700 feet and a width (at the greatest) of 1200 feet.
Methods: Cut down the trees, remove their branches, burn the branches in a fire, choose the trees that could be of some use, carry them to a convenient spot along extremely cluttered tracks, chop up and move the rest, retaining what is good for burning in the house or burning on the spot that which makes too much clutter with the aim also of making room. [fol. 173]
Works: Uprooted and removed about 6000 stumps on the said cleared land of a half foot in diameter and greater, not counting what was smaller.
Methods: Use a pick to uncover all the roots, cut them, force up with levers those that are not visible, and get rid of the stumps by taking them to the shore, several of which took the strength of 10, 12. to 15 men. [fo|. 173]
Works: Made a flat surface on all of the ground from which the stumps had been removed.
Methods: Lower the elevations, fill in the depressions, raise the low spots by carrying soil. [foI. 173]
Works: Used 3000 posts, 450 roof rafters, 200 rails, 50 flagstones, 170 beams or struts for the floors, upper and lower.
Methods: One third of these pieces [were] taken from the woods on the other side of the rivers or at a quarter league and brought on the ice by trails which because of the snow, we made daily with a kind of plough. lfol. 173v]
Works: Used 5000 boards for the roofing, panelling, partitions, closets, holds, vaults etc. 1500 beams for the upper and lower floors.
Methods: Three hundred or so logs or trees for boards taken from the woods like those above, prepared these planks for different uses. [fol.173v]
Works: Made five small gardens adjoining the houses facing the woodland with
fences made with rails horizontally arranged and criss-crossed, from about 230 split posts, each connected in a perpendicular line.
Methods: Carried from the woods 1350 posts and split them lengthwise.
Use or Necessity: To protect the gardens from pigs and poultry. [foL 173v]
Works: Made two other gardens, one adjoining the bakery and the other adjoining the forge, of about 150 feet long by 50 wide by means of fences of branches. [fo|. 173v]
Works: Made a field of two and a half arpents of land with a fence made up of 1500 large posts.
Methods: Cut the posts in the woods and carried them to the spot. Removed not only the stumps on this field but also cleaned up as much of the smaller branches, roots,
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