Excerpt from Place-Names on Anticosti Island, QueIn May, 1915, the writer, in his capacity of Chief Engineer of the Marine Department of Canada, was sent to select sites for new lighthouses and fog alarm stations to safeguard shipping navigating the channel north of the island of Anticosti and on that occasion, as many times previously, he circumnavigated the island.The master of the c.g.s. Montcalm, on which the trip was made, had for reference a copy of the British chart, ' No. 1621, of the island, borrowed from Captain Pouliot, master of the Anticosti Company's steamer Savoie, on which had been inserted in manuscript a large number of place-names used by. The company which were not on the original chart or otherwise published. So much duplication and confusion as to locations were found to exist on this chart that an attempt was made to revise it. Ultimately the writer consulted all known authorities and prepared for submission to the Geographic Board the subjoined complete list of place names on the island.In doing the work all available maps, charts and printed articles have been utilized, but the chief sources of information have been the beautiful charts in the Atlantic Neptune of Des Barres, the Admiralty chart and Sailing Directions, Schmitt's monograph on the island, published in 1904, which contains a good list of place-names and a map, and a wreck chart prepared in manuscript by Mr. David Tetu, Receiver of Wrecks, Quebec, in 1879, though this is marred by a large number of clerical errors, for which the draughtsman is evidently responsible.The writer has also been greatly assisted by Captain Georges Martin Zede, governor of the island, 3. Friend of the late M. H. Menier, who has been connected with the enterprise since the time of M. Menier' s purchase, and by M. Alfred Malouin, whose life has been spent on the island, first as a Dominion Government lightkeeper, and later as a lieutenant of M. Zede. To these authorities acknowledgements are due.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.