(I have added the text this way so the names and subject can come up in an Internet search.)

A) small remains of the Scot's fort (likely referring to the location of Port-Royal Habitation, although Scottish setttlers may have been here from 1620 until they were sent home in 1624), Lower Granville B) Melanson village, Pointe aux Chènes (Stoney Beach) C) De Laurier D) Bourg village E) Billy Johnson F) Mathieu Doucet village G) La Montagne village H) La Noue I) Jean Brun, Granville Center J) Brun village, Willett Corner K) Barnabé village L) Belisle, marsh where Pierre Melanson left M) 1,500 acres N) Will Denis O) Les Blanc village (Geener's Creek) P) Mass House Q) Guillot R) Jean Brossard S) Beaulieu T) Antoine Herbert U) François Bastarache V) Bernard Gaudet W) Gaudet village X) Paradis Terrestie

a) Fisher's Point b) Dugas village c) Belliveau village d) Robichaud village e) mouth of Allain Creek f) Port-Royal, town, fort g) vicinity of Poutrincourt's mill on the Lequille River (now Allain Creeek) h) Ruisseau Fourche (forked stream), Sawmill Creek i) Pierre Vincent j) The Narrows k) L'Esturgeon l) La Rosette village and marsh, Leger m) Thibodeau village, mill n) Prée Ronde (Round Hill) o) Girouard village p) Deru village q) Claude Girouard r) Beau Prée s) Alex Hebert t) Rene Forest village u) Jean Prince v) Bastarache

This image is a portion of a map in a book called Port Royal/Annapolis Royal, 1605-1800, by Brenda Dunn. Besides wanting to mention the book, I wanted to include the map as it shows a few things of interest. Firstly, it shows the relative location of Bourg's Village, across the river from the town. Ths map positions the property as being a bit further west, but the water feature beside the village seems overly prominent and is inconsistent with other maps, including modern satellite views. The number of buildings represented is interesting and appears unrealistic when compared to the town itself. And secondly, the area around Allain's Creek has two notes: "Marsh at Spring", and "Covered high Tides". The lines indicate a wide area that may have been too difficult to dyke off. The next map shows this in a different fashion by using a lighter water colour around the main creek flow.

As they do today, people came and went, property changed hands and new owners took up residence where previous owners had lived. This map, presumed to be from before 1698 (death of Laurent Granger), shows some different names in addition to the names from the earlier map. To assist with being found in searches, here is a list of the additional names...

Laurent (the father of), Claude and René Granger; Abraham Bourg, René Doucet, Clément Vincent, François Leveron, Alexandre and Julien Lord; Bonaventure Thériault, Barthélemy Bergeron, Claude Doucet, Etienne and Alexandre Comeau, and Jacques Michel.

This map shows Abraham Bourg as being the owner of the Bourg property. (The map has been inverted to make it more understandable geographically.)

Undoubtedly, there were others that lived in the area in its nearly 150 year French history, including non-property owners, so the list of names overall is far from complete.

This map, believed to be from 1757 by the U.S. Library of Congress, still shows some of the Acadian names even though these families would have been deported by this time. It may well be the source of the tracing-like survey map above. This map has an interesting feature - it indicates areas that are dry or are under shallow water due to the tides. Goat Island, for example, becomes a much larger obstacle for passing ships when the tide is out.

Credit: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. Copyright.

The method of land division that the French used at this time was the "seigneurial system". Lots tended to be narrow and long in a proportion of perhaps 1 wide to 10 long, beginning at a feature like a riverfront or coastline, road or property line. In the case of the land the Bourgs were on, the land received (or bought) began at the bank of the Dauphin and continued up and over the mountain to the Fundy coastline. If there were conditions of ownership, they seemed to be to build, to populate, to enrich and to pay seigneurial dues.