Navigating the Lower Saint Lawrence in the 19th Century.

Quebec Mercury #4 Page 30. Monday, January 27, 1806.
 
      A sailor passing one, in our market, on a stormy morning, who held an umbrella over his head, with scarcely anything remaining but the sticks, called to him, "Hard weather, brother, I see you are scudding under bare poles".  
 
 
Quebec Gazette #2136 Supplement 27/03/1806.
 
 A LIGHT-HOUSE UPON GREEN ISLAND. 
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      Any person wishing to contract for the erecting of a stone building, to serve as a light-house upon Green Island, may give in his proposals on or before the 15th April next, to the undersigned, who will show a plan and furnish any other necessary information, that may be required.  
      William Lindsay.  
      Register, Trinity House.  
      Quebec, 20th March, 1806      
 
 
Quebec Gazette #2141 15/05/1806 Page 3, Col. 1B.
 
  CLEARED OUTWARDS FOR THE YEAR 1805. 
  170  vessels.  
  25,500  tons.  
  1,342  men.  
 
 
Quebec Gazette #2146 12/06/1806 Page 5, Col. 1C.
 
  Trinity House, Quebec.       
 Fines imposed by this Corporation, 1806. 
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     June 3. One Louis M. Lavoie and Antoine Roussel, pilots between Bic and Quebec, five pounds each for going in search of vessel below the limits of Father Point.  

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