~ THE GARDEN OF THE GULF. Town and Country. CHARLOTTETOWN , situated on a magnificent harbor, at the head of , where the East, North and join before rushing between the crimson cliffs of Blockhouse and Trout Points into the ample Bay and widen¬ ing Straits, dates back to about the year 1700, or possibly ten years later, when, under the name of Port La Joie (), it was founded by the French, and fortified against the English without and the Micmacs within, who were not always to be depended upon. Probably the town was but an outgrowth of the fur depots and fishing establishments of the 17th century, supplied each spring and fall by French ships and held during the long winters by a few chosen men and trappers. The remains of an old fort on the right side of the entrance probably marks the site of the early French town, although the battery was undoubtedly in repair during the wars of the Revolution and in 1812. Captain John Rous , of "the Massachusetts Galley," removed a part of the French in 1746, and a portion of the seamen and soldiers engaged were attacked and defeated with some loss by a force of French and