His Majesty's Royal West India Rangers

Sixty-Two New Brunswick Soldier-settlers and their families






'No 3 is for Corpl Kernes & 5 men 74th Regt employed in the Batteaux [flat-bottomed boats] conveying the Royal W.I. Rangers from 8 to 21 July 1819 - 14 days.'

 'No 3 is for Corpl Kernes & 5 men 74th Regt employed in the Batteaux conveying the Royal W.I. Rangers from 8 to 21 July 1819 - 14 days.'

How the Rangers made their way up the St. John River... a few terse words in a contemporary document hints at the answer....



From: Commissariat at Presque Isle 1818-1819 , p.41. Thanks to K. Renaud for the digital image.

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