New Brunswick

The gulf coast of the province was discovered by Cartier in 1534; first settlement made by De Monts and Cham plain, on St. Croix Island, near the entrance to the Bay of Fundy, in 1604. The same year they discovered and named the St. John River, at the mouth of which La Tour built a fort in 1635. The territory embraced in this province formed part of Acadie under French rule. It was included in Nova Scotia from the date of the ce ion to England up to 1784, when it became a separate province. Index : Dr Creation of province, 224. Sy Satisfactory political condition of, 265. B Confederation an i ue in, and government defeated, 182-183; British government brings pre ure on, in interests of Confederation, 186-187, 206. Md Its attitude towards Confederation, 123; appoints delegates to confer on question of, 125; sullen on completion of, 129; result of first general election in, 141; selection of routes for Intercolonial through, 152; boundary dispute, 152; low tariff in, before Confederation, 218; supports Mackenzie in election of 1878, 228; a ents to resolution in favour of unrestricted reciprocity, 298. See also Acadia; Nova Scotia; St. John; De Monts; Cham plain. Bib. : Hannay, History of Acadia and History of New Brunswick .